Mackerel is not a sea fish, mackerel is a freshwater fish.

The mackerel is a color green fish, mainly distributed in the plains south of the Yangtze River in China, north of the Yangtze River is scarce; it is the Yangtze River, the lower reaches of the Yangtze River and lakes along the river in the important fishery resources and lakes, ponds in the main object of culture for China's freshwater aquaculture, the "four big fish" one.

In addition, in Anhui Province, commonly known as "Wu mixed", "black mixed" or "snail mixed", because of its black body, like to eat snails and so named; common in the northeast. The "mackerel" is not mackerel, it should be written as "mackerel", which is a kind of deep-sea fish. In China, the largest specimen of mackerel weighing 218 pounds, was caught in 2005 in Jinniu Lake, Luhe District, Nanjing, with a length of 1.86 meters, weighing 218 pounds, identified by the scales of about forty years old.

The bluegill is also known as black carp, snail green. Scleractinia, carp family. Body subcylindrical, body length up to more than 1m. Greenish black, fins gray-black. The head is broad and flat, the mouth end position, beardless. Pharyngeal cephalic teeth molar-like. Inhabits the lower and middle layers, feeding mainly on snails, mussels, shrimps and aquatic insects.

Sexually mature at 4-5 years of age, spawns in the upper reaches of rivers and can be artificially bred. It is a large, fast-growing fish, with the largest individual reaching 70kg.

The fish is a major freshwater fish culture object in China. Distributed in China's major water systems, mainly produced in the plains south of the Yangtze River. Fish gall is poisonous.

Expanded Information:

Mackerel contains 19.5% protein, 5.2% fat, and calcium, phosphorus, iron and sodium. Zinc is an important part of the enzyme protein, gonads, pancreas and pituitary and closely related.

The zinc content of the human body accounts for only three parts per million, but once there is a shortage of zinc, will often make the sense of smell, mental depression, "intelligence quotient (I.Q.) (a measure of intelligence, an index)" is reduced. In addition, there will be a lack of growth height, difficult to heal wounds and other lesions.

Foreign research has led us to the ancient books that say: "tonifying the center and stabilizing the kidneys" ("Food Scripture"), "benefiting the heart" ("Food Therapy Materia Medica"), and "only the green fish is the most beautiful, tonifying the stomach and awakening the spleen, warming the transportation and transforming the food. " (" With the rest of the house dietary spectrum ")," benefit wisdom and strong thinking " (" Jin E Shan Fang medicine book "), more credible.

The mackerel is suitable for people with various types of edema, hepatitis, nephritis, foot fungus and weak feet; it is suitable for people with weak spleen and stomach, insufficient qi and blood, and malnutrition; it is suitable for people with hyperlipidemia, hypercholesterolemia, and arteriosclerosis. It is not suitable for people with heat in the spleen and stomach, and should be avoided by people with itchy skin disease, internal heat, urticaria, and ringworm

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