Roughly $36 to $50 for a 30-centimeter one, and $20 for a smaller 15-centimeter one.

Finch eel

The finch eel (Latin: Lepidosteus platystomus ) finch eel fish, an invasive species, is native to North America and is mainly found in rivers and estuarine waters along the Gulf of Mexico coast from Mexico to the U.S. state of Florida, and the lower Missouri and Ohio rivers, as well as two lakes in Nicaragua. and the lower Ohio River to two lakes in Nicaragua.

The eel's eggs are highly toxic and inedible, and the adult eel can reach a body length of more than 3 meters, is a large carnivorous and ferocious fish, and will attack all the other fish it meets. It is a large carnivorous and ferocious fish that attacks all other fish it meets. It is a notorious "water killer" along with the "pomfret" and is one of the "world's ten most ferocious freshwater fish".

Introduction

The bird eel, commonly known as the flower crocodile, short-billed crocodile rocket. Native to the United States, Florida, Mexico. Bird eel because of its bright body color, the whole body with pattern, body shape is strange, and thus become a more valuable international freshwater ornamental fish. There are few natural fry, the price is expensive, the market demand exceeds supply. In our country, the finch eel has been relying on imports from abroad.

Characteristics

The sparrow eel is 40 to 50 centimeters long, and the wild ones in natural waters can reach up to 3 meters, which is a species left behind in ancient times. The body is long and cylindrical. The head and neck are flattened, the upper and lower jaws protrude longer and have teeth, resembling the mouth of a crocodile. The skin is covered with diamond-shaped hard scales, which are firm and thick. The dorsal and anal fins are short, away from the head, located in front of the caudal peduncle, symmetrical up and down, similar in shape and size. The ventral fin is centered.

Body color base greenish gray, body surface covered with dark markings. Body color markings and head shape vary by species.

Keeping conditions

The eel is highly adaptable and fast-growing, so it needs to be kept in a large aquarium. The water quality requires neutral or alkaline hard water, water temperature 18 ~ 30 degrees Celsius, but can adapt to low temperature and low oxygen conditions. This fish in the water with gills to breathe, when the water lack of oxygen, because of its cuttlebone interval, the long mouth out of the water to breathe air directly. It prefers live food such as small fish and shrimp, and also ingests pieces of meat and fish.

Classification

The long-nosed sparrow eel, also known as the long-nosed crocodile and the toothy dragonfish, originates from the rivers of Mexico and the southern United States in North and Central America, and it is a hardy fish that can survive well in the water of 20-28 degrees. The Long-nosed Sparrow Eel is up to 1 meter in length, so it should be kept in an aquarium of more than 1 meter 5 or else it will affect its body shape! The fish's mouth breaks off relatively easily as a juvenile, so great care should be taken when fishing for the fish.

Short-nosed sparrow eels, also known as short-nosed sharp-billed crocodiles and belly crocodiles, mostly live in the Mississippi River, and can reach a length of more than 1.5 meters, second only to the giant bony tongue fish.

The broad-nosed sparrow eel, also known as the broad-bodied sharp-billed crocodile, is much bladdered than the above two types of sharp-billed crocodiles, eats a lot, grows rapidly, and is easy to keep!

Record

The world record for a finch eel caught on a wheeled rod is 279 pounds, caught by Bill Vervaard in 1951 in Texas.

In August 2012, Mr. Ji caught a finch eel that was about 90 centimeters long and weighed 16.5 kilograms at Lichang Reservoir in Qingdao, Shandong Province, China.

Dangerous

The sparrow eel is a kind of carnivorous freshwater fish, with a large appetite and very fierce character, belonging to one of the world's top ten ferocious freshwater fishes, and its appearance in Shanghai's Huangpu River basin is really rare. Experts analyze, China has introduced such fish as ornamental fish breeding, and this bird eel is likely to be released from the family pet.

Data shows that the fish is ferocious and has a strong ability to survive, and if it is allowed to reproduce locally, it will cause great harm to the local fisheries. populations, it is highly likely to jeopardize local fishery resources, resulting in species infringement. The field has done experiments, a fish pond stocked with 1-2 sparrow eel fish, half a year after a pond of fish were bitten and eaten.

The finch eel and "Piranha" is the same as the infamous "water killers", now most of them live in the United States, the West Indies and other places in the tropical rivers. According to reports, the eel is known as the top poisonous fish, and puffer fish, as in the ovulation period can produce highly toxic substances, people eat a few mouths will be poisoned, and even life-threatening. Therefore, the public caught this fish, do not eat.

People should try not to keep it as an ornamental fish, and it is absolutely prohibited to eat and release the finch eel fish, so as not to jeopardize themselves and the local aquaculture. The public can contact the city's aquaculture department if they find such fish species in the wild to determine the population size and other information about the species in the wild, so as to promptly curb the negative impact of harmful alien species on the local ecology.

The above references? Baidu Encyclopedia - Sparrow Eel