The types of shark's fin are divided into two categories: row fin and loose fin.
The row of shark's fins, also known as abalone fins, skirt fins or group shark's fins, such as goat's slice, green slice, toothpick fins, etc., are made by rising, and some kind of conforming method is adopted in rising, so that the fins' needles are connected together through the soft periosteum. The good rows of wings are fan-shaped comb-shaped, complete shape, beautiful and generous.
Scattered shark's fins are made from thinner and smaller shark's fins, and the fin pins are separated into a fan-like shape. Row fins are generally thicker and have a thicker periosteum. Shark fins can be divided into dorsal, pectoral, anal, and caudal fins according to the part of the shark where they grow.
Expanded InformationShark fins according to, there are yellow, white, gray, green, black, mixed (yellow-white) and other six kinds of color differentiation, to yellow, white, gray color is better. Because of the origin and baking method is different, there are freshwater shark's fin saltwater shark's fin.
Freshwater shark's fins dried in the sun, or impregnated with lime water, the quality is better; saltwater shark's fins impregnated with brine, the quality is inferior to freshwater shark's fins. Shark's fin can also be categorized according to the form of integrity or not. After the rise of the whole fin is called row of fins, for the top quality; after the rise of the fins scattered into a line is called loose fins, for the second quality.
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