Channel catfish, pronounced: huí.

Channel catfish scientific name of the long-nosed shad, commonly known as "river group", "Baiji", "fat head fish", "shad". In taxonomy belongs to the catfish order, fish family, shad genus. The longnose shad is a valuable freshwater fish in China, distributed in the Yangtze River system, up to the Yellow River to the north, and to the Minjiang River system to the south. Long-kissed shad fish body thick and long, abdominal expansion, tail is lateral flat, catfish individual weight varies, generally 1500 ~ 2500 grams, a few individuals up to 10 kilograms.

The long-nosed shad is a bottom fish. Often in the slow current, deep and rocky waters of the river and bay life. During the day, they lurk under the water or in the stone cracks, and go out at night to look for food. Mainly feed on aquatic insects and their larvae, crustaceans, small mollusks and small fish. 3 winter age sexual maturity, April-June spawning. Eggs are sticky, light yellow, fertilized eggs attached to stones and hatch. It grows fast, generally weighing 2-2.5kg, and can reach a maximum of more than ten kilograms.

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Channel catfish nutritional value

Channel catfish nutrition is rich in nutrients, it is not only contains high-quality protein, but also contains a large number of inorganic salts and vitamins, in addition to this, the oxaliplatin and the trace elements of phosphorus, as well as calcium and iron and other nutrients are also Catfish meat contains important nutrients, people eat catfish can be as soon as possible to these nutrients are absorbed and utilized, can alleviate physical weakness can also improve the quality of the human body.

Eating taboos

Channel catfish is a mild nature of the ingredients, usually eat taboos are not much, but it belongs to a kind of hair, those who suffer from chronic diseases or old diseases of the crowd, avoid eating catfish.

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