Both, pomfret is the collective name for fish in the family Pomfretidae of the order Perciformes, both saltwater and freshwater fish.

Like silver pomfret, golden pomfret, knife pomfret, pomfret, gray pomfret, snowflake pomfret, yellowfin pomfret belongs to the sea fish. Red pomfret is freshwater fish, was introduced into Taiwan Province of China in 1982, after the success of artificial reproduction, began to promote the breeding of freshwater fish ponds. 1985 from Taiwan via Hong Kong to Guangdong trial breeding, 1987 after the success of the gradual popularization in the country.

Pomfret varieties

1, golden pomfret

Golden pomfret is also known as the "red cedar" in some places, because there will be red reflections on the surface of the body when it is just caught. Golden pomfret is a farmed sea fish, not wild sea fish, so the market price is pomfret inside the lowest price of fish.

2, silver pomfret

Silver pomfret, also known as the "mirror fish", silver pomfret is one of the valuable marine food fish, tender meat and less spiny, especially for the elderly and children to eat. In the market divided into large pomfret, pomfret and small pomfret, weight more than one catty for large pomfret, half a catty or so for pomfret, and weight half a catty or less for small pomfret, pomfret and small pomfret due to the lower price, so it is more common, and pomfret due to the meat of the more tender and fat, so the price is more expensive.

3, black pomfret

Black pomfret, also known as pomfret, its fish scales than white pomfret a little thicker, thicker skin, meat is also tender, especially in autumn and winter, from the South Australia's black pomfret, it is fat. Black pomfret is rich in fish oil, rich in monounsaturated fatty acids.

4, pomfret

Pomfret is also called meat pomfret, body side flat, slightly ovoid. The eyes are large. The scales are very easy to fall off. The body color is silvery white, characterized by a black spot on the gill cover. The dorsal and anal fins are slightly symmetrical and the caudal fin is forked. The pomfret is an economic food fish and is often caught in large quantities by fishermen in gillnets and trawls.

5, gray pomfret

Gray pomfret is also called dark pomfret, blackfin, gray pomfret grows rapidly, meat is fat, taste delicious, is the top quality edible fish, has high economic value. Gray pomfret is an offshore migratory pelagic fish, usually dispersed in the slow tidal currents of the sea area, winter in the southern Yellow Sea and the East China Sea arc trench overwintering, distributed in China's coastal and Japan, Southeast Asia and other places.