Cod is pronounced [xuě yú]

Expanded Knowledge:

Cod, is a marine fish animal of the genus Cod in the family Codidae of the order Codiformes. Cod's body is prolonged, slightly laterally compressed, tail tapering backward, generally body length 25-40 cm; head large, mouth large, the upper jaw is slightly longer than the lower jaw, the lower jaw has a chin whisker; the body is covered with small rounded scales, lateral line scales are not obvious; dorsal fins are three, the anal fins are two; dorsal surface and the upper side of the side of the grayish-brown, there are a lot of irregular brown and yellow mottling; the ventral surface of the grayish-white, the fins are all gray.

Cod is mainly found in China in the Yellow Sea, the Bohai Sea and the northern part of the East China Sea, as well as in the Pacific Ocean, the Atlantic Ocean, and the cold northern waters. Cod inhabits the cold water area in summer and fall, and migrates to the coastal mud-bottomed waters at a depth of 50-80 meters in winter for overwintering, and usually forms schools to carry out long-distance migratory and feeding activities, and it is a cold-water aggregation fish.

Cod mainly feeds on small fish, crustaceans and mollusks. Cod is highly reproductive, and can lay 3-4 million eggs at a time. It produces sinking eggs, which are laid from January to early March; its lifespan can be up to seven years.

Cod is salty in flavor and slightly cold in nature; it belongs to the spleen and stomach meridian, and according to "Common Medicinal Animals of China", it is "nourishing and strengthening the body, and strengthening the spleen." On the stomach gas uncomfortable, edema and other therapeutic auxiliary rehabilitation effect. Cod low-fat, high-protein, less spiny, is suitable for both young and old nutritious food.

Cod in addition to edible meat, liver can be used to make cod liver oil, pancreas can make insulin, cod liver oil on tuberculosis bacillus has inhibitory effect. Gout, skin disease patients should eat cod. Norway is one of the favorite countries to eat cod, by its "national treasure". In Portugal, the annual "Cod Culture Festival" will be held, the city can also be found everywhere in the restaurant specializing in cod

Morphological characteristics

Cod, is the cod order Cod family Cod genus of marine fish animals. Cod's body is prolonged, slightly laterally flattened, tail tapering backward, generally 25-40 cm in length; large head, large mouth, the upper jaw is slightly longer than the lower jaw, there is a chin whisker in the lower jaw; the body is covered with small rounded scales, the lateral line of scales is not obvious; three dorsal fins, two anal fins; dorsal and upper side of the side of the grayish-brown, with a lot of irregular brown and yellow mottling; the ventral surface of the grayish-white, the fins are all gray.