Carp has more thorns, while African carp (tilapia) has fewer thorns. The nutrition is higher in crucian carp.

Tilapia is also called African carp, but it is not a fish of the carp family. It belongs to the genus Tilapia of the family Lepidoptera. This genus is native to Africa, there are more than 600 species, currently being cultured 15 species.

The tilapia is a group of small and medium-sized fish, its appearance, individual size is somewhat similar to the crucian carp, fins thorny like Mandarin fish. Widespread salt fish, can survive in both sea and fresh water; low oxygen tolerance, generally in the lower part of the water, but with the change of water temperature or the size of the fish to change the habitat of the water level. Carp have a pair of whiskers on their lips, while tilapia do not.

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Carassius auratus (scientific name: Carassius auratus, referred to as crucian carp, commonly known as the crucian carp melon seeds, moon crucian carp children, soil crucian carp, fine head, perch, cold perch) in the Eurasian region for the common freshwater fish, for the spoke-finned fish class carp order Carp family crucian carp one of the genus of fish. Carassius auratus is the scientific name of the edible wild crucian carp, which is a kind of ornamental fish, such as goldfish.

Carassius auratus is an omnivorous fish that feeds mainly on plants, and prefers to live in groups and choose its food. Tender meat, meat nutritional value is very high, per 100 grams of meat containing 13 grams of protein, 11 grams of fat, and contains a lot of calcium, phosphorus, iron and other minerals. Carp medicinal value is very high, its nature is flat and sweet, into the stomach, kidney, and has and in the complementary deficiency, in addition to the winnowing, warming the stomach into the food, tonic in the efficacy of anger.

Carp is widely distributed, all over the country waters year-round production, in February to April and August to December of the carp is the most fertile, for China's one of the important food fish. Maximum body length of about 30 centimeters, habitat depth of 0 to 20 meters, non-toxic, economic food fish, inexpensive. Mostly produced in the Yellow River Basin, Yangtze River Basin area, Erhai crucian carp is more famous.

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Tilapia, commonly known as: African crucian carp, non-carp, Vietnamese fish, South Sea crucian carp and so on. Originally refers to Mozambique as the model origin of the mouth hatching non-carp fish species: Mozambique mouth hatching non-carp (scientific name: Oreochromis mossambicus), now for the cichlid family non-carp and mouth hatching non-carp and other genera of several species of fish *** with the common name; collectively referred to as the English Tilapia. now it is the world's aquaculture industry focus on scientific research and cultivation of freshwater aquaculture fish, and known as one of the main sources of animal protein in the future. It is one of the main sources of animal protein in the future.

It usually lives in freshwater, but can also live in brackish water with varying salt content, and can also survive in shallow water in lakes, rivers and ponds. It has a strong adaptive ability, can reproduce in a small area of water, and can even grow in rice paddies, and has a strong adaptability to water with less dissolved oxygen. Most tilapia are omnivorous and often eat plants and debris in the water.

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Tilapia is commonly known as the Southern Ocean crucian carp, African boy, Fusiliers, tilapia is native to Lake Tanganyika in Africa, the shape is similar to the crucian carp, fins with many spines, shaped like Mandarin fish. Fukushou fish is a widely saline fish, can survive in sea water and fresh water. It has strong adaptability to the low-oxygen environment and generally inhabits the bottom layer of the water, usually changing the layer of the water with the change of water temperature or the size of the fish. It has excellent adaptability and strong reproduction.

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