Mackerel is a freshwater fish.

The mackerel is a kind of fish belonging to the carp family, which is mainly distributed in the plains south of the Yangtze River in China, and is an important fishery resource in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River as well as along the rivers and lakes, among which it has the longest history of culture in Huzhou, Zhejiang Province.

The mackerel is easy to feed, preferring to grow in deep water environments, feeding mainly on plankton, mussels, snails, clams, etc., and also preying on shrimps and crabs, etc. The meat of the mackerel is very tasty, but it is not as tasty as the mackerel. The freshness of mackerel meat requires fresh bait. Adult mackerel are large, up to about 1 meter in length and weighing up to about 70 kilograms, and grow rapidly.

Expanded Information:

Blue, grass, silver and bighead carp are recognized as the four big fishes, which are not only easy to culture, but also can be mixed, and are also the most frequently consumed freshwater fishes. In the four big fish, mackerel ranked first, not only because of its larger head, there is also a very important reason, is that the mackerel's meat is very firm, the bones are also less, is considered to be the four big fish in the most delicious kind of fish.

The mackerel is a carnivorous animal, which is mainly active in the middle and lower layers of the water. In the juvenile stage, it mainly feeds on plankton in the water. Its overall appearance is greenish-black in color, and the scales of the mackerel are rounded in shape but arranged in a messy way, without any rules.

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