Water gurgler [shuǐ chán], scientific name Harpodon nehereus, dogfish family Longhead genus of small and medium-sized marine fish. There is only one main bone, the meat is loose soft, soft like water, especially in Zhejiang, Wen, Taiwan and Zhoushan offshore as well as the Fujian coast production is more.

Scientific name: dragonfish. It belongs to Chiroptera, Scleractinia, Lanternfish, Dogfish, Dragonfish.

English name Bombay duck

Alias this fish only a main bone, but also soft, the rest of the bones of the fish as soft as whiskers, not to mention that, so the people of southern Zhejiang, Taizhou, Wenzhou, Lishui area people on the image of the image called it "water gurgling", that is, it is like the water. Soft. In the north of Zhejiang, Ningbo, Shaoxing, Hangzhou, Jiaxing, and Shanghai, South Suzhou and other places called Dragonhead, because the head of the fish looks like a dragon head, the scientific name is the same.

Characteristics

Small to medium-sized marine fish. The body is long and laterally compressed, generally 15-26 centimeters in length, weighing 75-150 grams, with very small eyes, anteriorly positioned, and a very large fissure that forms the upper edge of the fissure from the premaxilla. The teeth of both jaws are densely packed and finely pointed, and can be inverted. The body is soft, smooth and scale-free for the most part, except for a line of larger scales on the lateral line directly to the caudal fork. Head and dorsal surface light brown, abdomen creamy white, lateral line well developed and distinct, running from the skull to the center of the quinquefoil fork. Dorsal fin 1, only flipper, without fin spines, with a small adipose fin behind dorsal fin; pectoral and tau fins well developed. About equal length; caudal fin tridentate, with a shorter median lobe.

Habitat

The fish of the family Harpodontidae, scientific name Harpodon nehereus, is distributed in the estuaries of northern India, and is a common food fish along the coast of China. Body length up to 41 centimeters (16 inches), dark color, light gray or brown, with black fine spots. It has a large mouth, forked caudal fin, and large pectoral and ventral fins. The genus has several closely related species distributed from Africa to Australia and New Guinea.

Population Distribution

Lives in the lower and middle layers of warm temperate seas. Not very athletic. Often inhabits shallow muddy bottoms. Spawning occurs in the spring of each year. Omnivorous, feeding on small fish, shrimp and benthic animals.

Distributed in the Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean, China's South China Sea, the East China Sea and the southern Yellow Sea are produced, especially in Zhejiang, Wen, Taiwan and Zhoushan offshore as well as the Fujian coastal production more.

Flavor

The meat is soft and fluffy, containing high moisture, because it is not easy to save or transport, so some unscrupulous traders often use formaldehyde solution soaked. It is very flavorful when eaten fresh and can also be processed into dried products.