A, different morphological characteristics
1, green eel morphological characteristics: eel's young fish body length of 6 cm or so, weighing 0.1 grams, but its head is narrow, the body is high, thin and transparent like a piece of leaf, so it is known as "willow leaf fish". Like a snake, but without scales.
2, eel morphology: body slender, snake-shaped, about 20-70 cm long, up to 1 meter long. The front part of the body is round, the back part is flat, and the tail end is thin. The head is long and round. It has a large mouth with an end position, slightly protruding upper jaw and well-developed lips. The mandible and mouth cover have tiny teeth.
The eyes are small and covered by a thin skin. The head is thick and the tail is thin, the mucous membrane of the body is smooth and scale-less, yellowish-brown, with irregular black spots on the body surface, the undeveloped fins have largely disappeared, and there is only a single triangular spine all over the body, which is less fleshy.
Two, the distribution range is different
1, green eel distribution range: mainly distributed in China Yangtze River, Minjiang River, Pearl River Basin, Hainan Island and rivers and lakes.
2, eel distribution range: in all parts of China have production, to China's Yangtze River Basin, Liaoning and Tianjin production more. Widely distributed in the eastern part of Asia and the nearby islands of all sizes, from Southeast Asia in the west to the Philippine Islands in the east, from Japan in the north to the East Indies in the south.
Three, different habits
1, green eel habits: like to live in clean, unpolluted waters, is the world's purest aquatic life. Eel grows in the rivers on land, move to the sea to spawn, only once in a lifetime, after spawning death.
2, eel habits: daytime like in the humus in the mud drilling or in the riverbank with water in the crevice digging holes. Rarely active during the day, and rarely looking for food at night. Nocturnal, oral skin folds viable respiration, so can breathe air directly.
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