Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region is located in southern my country, facing Guangdong Province to the east, Beibu Gulf and Hainan Province across the sea to the south, Yunnan Province to the west, Guizhou Province to the northwest, and connected to the northeast Hunan Province.

Guangxi is a tourist destination with both beautiful natural scenery and romantic ethnic customs. In particular, the "Guilin landscape is the best in the world" written in the textbook is extremely beautiful. The rivers within the territory are mainly composed of Hongshui River, Xijiang River, etc., and most of them belong to the Pearl River system.

In the water body of Hongshui River in Guangxi, an extremely precious freshwater fish grows. This fish is named sesame because its fins are sharp and sword-like and have sesame-like spots on its body. The sword is a fish species unique to Guangxi.

The sesame sword, whose scientific name is Pingu, is a type of scaleless fish that only inhabits fresh water. Wild sesame swordfish like to inhabit rivers in Sichuan, especially areas with many rocks and piles of rocks or caves at the bottom of the water. Sesame swordfish likes to hide here.

The sesame swordfish has a relatively mixed diet and eats both meat and vegetables in natural water bodies. However, according to its actual feeding habits, it mainly preys on carnivorous foods, while small miscellaneous fish and shrimps These are all the foods Sesame Sword loves to eat, including some aquatic insects.

The sesame swordfish is a medium-to-large fish. The common wild sesame swordfish is about 30 to 40 centimeters long and weighs about 3 kilograms. However, in fact, the sesame swordfish can grow up to more than 1 meter long and weigh 40 to 50 pounds. However, large-sized wild sesame swords are rare nowadays.

Everyone is no stranger to fish. No matter what kind of fish it is, it generally has a fishy smell from the lunar calendar. This is one of the reasons why many people don’t like to eat fish, but sesame swordfish Unlike other freshwater fish, the fish body not only does not have a fishy smell, but also has a scent of sesame.

It is understood that the fish meat of sesame swordfish is not only tender, but also has no thorns in the fish meat. It is very rich in nutritional value. The fish meat also has the functions of replenishing fatigue and replenishing the spleen and stomach. It is an extremely precious economic product. Fish is also a delicacy that locals must order at banquets.

Sesame swords were originally very common in the Hongshui River in Guangxi. Local people often caught them in the Hongshui River Basin. Although there are many, they are deeply loved by the locals, especially in Xiangzhou. The sesame sword in the county and Tian'e counties is the most famous, and the quality of its fish meat is the "ceiling" of the entire Hongshui River Basin.

In fact, sesame swordfish are not only distributed in the Hongshui River Basin, but are actually distributed and inhabited in most rivers in Guangxi. Since Sesame Sword is a high-end aquatic product in Guangxi, wild Sesame Sword has been heavily fished, and its number has been declining year by year.

A large part of the decrease in the number of wild sesame swords is due to human factors, such as the use of fine-meshed "juehu nets, ground cages, river barrage nets", etc. Even the immature fry are not spared. Because driven by higher interests, Sesame Sword has become a "money tree" in the hearts of fishermen.

In addition, the destruction of the ecological environment and the pollution of water resources are also another reason for the decline of wild sesame swords, because wild sesame swords have strict requirements for breeding sites, and not only cannot there be the slightest pollution , at the same time, the breeding place must meet the breeding requirements, otherwise the sesame swordfish will not breed.

In addition, the sesame sword is different from other freshwater fish. Although the sesame sword can be artificially bred, it has not been able to reproduce in artificial breeding environments. However, when breeding sesame swords in natural water areas, the hatched fry will be threatened by natural enemies. Therefore, various reasons have exacerbated the situation of Sesame Sword becoming endangered.

Since the Sesame Sword was included in the "National Protection" list, fishermen have a deep understanding of it, because when fishing in the Hongshui River using fishing gear that meets the regulations, you can occasionally catch the Sesame Swordfish. But now Sesame Sword has a special "status", so even if it is caught ashore, it will be released into the river immediately.

Therefore, some people call the Sesame Sword "sitting on the bottom of the prison and piercing the fish".

As the wild sesame swordfish has been protected, its selling price has also increased exponentially, so some people have begun to have evil ideas and even spend a lot of money to buy "high-tech" equipment just to survive in unknown waters. Use the Sesame Sword to hunt and kill.

Not long ago, the police in Nanning, Guangxi, captured three men using advanced equipment such as underwater spear guns, diving suits, oxygen tanks, and underwater lighting to sneak into the river in sparsely populated stretches of the river and at night. Among them, the purchased spear gun was used to shoot the sesame sword, a second-level protected animal.

It is understood that when these men were arrested for killing wild protected animals, 39 wild sesame swordfish were seized at the scene, with a total weight of about 61.9 kilograms, including 9 frozen sesame swordfish and 30 live sesame swordfish. Article was rushed to the Guangxi Aquatic Wildlife Rescue Center for treatment.

Finally, I would like to advise all fishermen and fishermen that catching or killing wild protected animals, whether in prohibited waters or open waters, is an illegal and criminal act. I hope you will think twice before committing! # sesame sword# #animal protection#

It is everyone’s responsibility to care for wild and protected animals!