The scientific name is flower eel.

Flower eel:

Also known as brook eel, perch eel, flower eel and so on. It belongs to the order of eel, family of eel, genus of eel and species of flower eel. Distribution of China's lower reaches of the Yangtze River and the south of the Qiantang River, Lingjiang River, Oujiang River, Minjiang River, Jiulong River, Taiwan to Guangdong, Hainan Island and Guangxi and other rivers. Overseas as far north as the south of Korea and Japan Kishu, west to East Africa, east to the South Pacific Islands of the Maguies, south to southern Australia.

Morphological Characteristics:

The body is stout, the body before the ventral fin is cylindrical, the rear part is slightly flattened laterally, and the body is prolonged in the shape of a stick. The head is longer and conical. The mouth is wider, the muzzle is shorter, pointed and flattened, located at the front of the head, the lower jaw protrudes more obviously. The lips are thicker, with fleshy pleated membranes on both sides of the upper and lower lips. The eyes are small, located on the lateral upper part of the head, covered by transparent periosteum, closer to the end of the muzzle. There are two pairs of nostrils, separated anteriorly and posteriorly; the anterior nostrils are tubular and located on either side of the muzzle end, and the posterior nostrils are oval and located on the anterior margin of the eyes.

The body surface is extremely smooth and rich in mucus. The body is grayish brown dorsally, grayish yellow laterally, and grayish white ventrally. The edges of the pectoral fins are yellow, and there are irregular grayish-black or bluish-green blocky spots all over the body and on each fin.

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Life Habits:

The fish is a migratory fish that descends to the sea for spawning and inhabits rivers, reservoirs, or mountain streams and valleys, especially in reservoirs. It has a fierce temperament, strong and powerful body. Benthic carnivorous, nocturnal feeding, food to small fish, shrimp, aquatic insects, but also feeding on crabs, frogs, snakes and the river side of the tender bamboo shoots records. Its life history is similar to that of the Japanese eel, but it can secrete a lot of mucus to keep its body moist, so it can migrate short distances on land or hunt for food.

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