Scavenger fish as a fish, eat is edible, but not recommended.

Scavengers are native to South America, where they are an edible fish, scavenger fish have developed mouth and lips like suckers, and the whole body is covered with shield scales, and the surface of the body appears to be very rough. Because the scavenger fish has the habit of eating and drinking garbage and algae, so after the introduction of our country, it is usually the fish that traders recommend to their customers to use to clean the pool.

But the scavenger has a lot of bones and little meat on its body, and its meat is rough and has very low nutritional value, so no one wants to eat this fish. And the scavengers' abdominal cavities are so full of bacteria or parasites that even if someone tried to cook them, they could easily become infected with parasites after eating them.

Introduction of scavengerfish:

Scavengerfish" scientific name "king heterotype", native to Latin America, also known as the sucker fish, garbage fish, pipefish, large body, mouth and lips developed like a sucker, because of a variety of underwater garbage for food and so named, often with a variety of underwater garbage. It is named after the various underwater garbage it feeds on, and is often mixed with various fish. Adult scavengers have a huge appetite, in addition to moss and other algae, it will also feed on the eggs of other fish, and can eat 3000 to 5000 eggs a day, but also swallow fish fry. In the aquarium often adsorbed on the stone, glass to stabilize the body, sucking algae and moss.