Tilapia does not have many spines.

Tilapia is one of the fish living in our country, which can be often seen in daily life and is a fish that can be eaten. In our country can be eaten fish is relatively large, their taste may be more different, the number of fish spines difference is also relatively large. Some fish have a lot of spines, especially small ones. Some fish, on the contrary, do not have many spines.

Tilapia, although it has spines, belongs to the latter group in terms of the number of spines, that is, fish with fewer spines. The spines in tilapia are basically just the big spines in the center of their body, with some bigger spines next to them, and very few small spines. Because tilapia has a small number of spines this characteristic, so they have been welcomed by many people, by many people choose as ingredients.

Introduction of tilapia

Tilapia has a high lateral body, dorsal fin with more than 10 fin spines, caudal fin truncated or rounded, and multiple longitudinal, reticulate markings on the side of the body and caudal fin. It is native to Africa, is the world's aquaculture industry's focus on scientific research to cultivate freshwater aquaculture fish, has a high economic value, but also one of the main sources of animal protein.

Some species of tilapia will have the behavior of mouth hatching, that is, the female will hold the fertilized eggs in her mouth until they hatch into young fish, and this kind of nursery behavior is very beneficial to its reproduction. Some species of tilapia before breeding, the male will dig the subsoil to build a pot-shaped nest, with a strong domain, the female will lay eggs in the nest, to be hatched and then the female will be protected by the young fish in the mouth.