Bleak Pinyin: [bà], [bó].

Bleak Meaning:

A genus of fish with an extended, laterally compressed body, one of the freshwater economic fishes. The common ones are "Bleak", "Short-tailed Bleak" and so on. Bleak (bà): the same as "Spanish mackerel".

Short-tailed Bleak:

Morphological Characteristics:

Small fish, the common body length of 10-20 centimeters, the longest 30 centimeters. Body extended, laterally compressed. Head small. Eyes large. Mouth small, superior, mandibles upward, oral fissure and longitudinal axis of the body almost vertical. Dorsum behind head conspicuously elevated. Covered with fine white thin scales. Ventral ribs complete from base of pectoral fins to anus.

Dorsal fin short, with stout hard spines. Pectoral fin ends close to ventral fin. Caudal peduncle long. Caudal fin y forked. Dorsum lime green, slightly yellowish, sides and abdomen silvery white, with small black spots on the posterior margin of the scales in the upper part of the body. The caudal and pectoral fins are light yellowish red, and the anal fins are orange-red.

Introduction of Bleak:

Bleak, the red-finned bleak, is a fish of the genus Bleak in the family Carpidae of the order Carpiformes. Bleak body is extended, laterally compressed, the back is significantly raised, the abdomen is shallowly curved, concave at the base of the ventral fins, the ventral surface from the base of the pectoral fins to the anus has a fleshy rib, the body dorsal gray, ventral silvery-white, the dorsal fins and caudal fins are light gray, and the anal fins are red. The female is larger than the male.

The red-finned bleak is distributed throughout China, commonly found in various waters in Hebei, Beijing and Tianjin, inhabiting rivers or lakes with lush water plants; juveniles often gather in groups and overwinter in deep water in winter.

The redfin bleak is a carnivorous fish. Adults mainly feed on small fishes, but also eat a few aquatic insects, shrimps and invertebrates such as dendrobatids; juveniles mainly feed on dendrobatids, copepods and aquatic insects.

The reproductive season of redfin bleak is from May to July, and the spawning season is from mid-May to early June. Eggs are sticky and stick to the water plants after they are produced; there are tiny, white bead stars on the male's head, back and pectoral fins during the reproductive season, especially on the head.

Bleak is sweet in taste and flat in nature, and has the effect of appetizing and eliminating food, strengthening the spleen and moving water. Due to its wide distribution and large number, bleak occupies a certain position in the natural catch and has a certain fishery value.