Pomfret belongs to the order Perciformes, family Pomfret. The body is short and tall, very laterally compressed, slightly diamond-shaped. The head is small, the muzzle is round, the mouth is small, the teeth are fine. Ventral fins disappear in adult fish. The caudal fin is quite deeply forked and the lower lobe is longer. The body is silvery white, slightly greenish gray in the upper part. Feeds on crustaceans. In early summer, it swims to the inner sea to spawn, and is an economic fish for food. China's coast are produced.

Pomfret is a tropical and subtropical food and ornamental large tropical fish. Liuzhou pomfret in 500 grams / strip - 1500 grams / strip or so, the meat flavor such as mullet flavor. Its fish meat contains unsaturated fatty acids W-3 series, by the medical clinic proved that it is to reduce the occurrence of cardiovascular disease important material, pomfret cholesterol content is also lower than all the animal food, pomfret meat thick, less thorns, good flavor, rich in nutrients, is a natural nutritional delicacy. Liuzhou pomfret body shape flattened into a disc shape, back thicker, mouth end position, beardless, body color is white body, silver scales, black tail, line fins, four colors match extremely beautiful.

Pomfret contains a variety of nutrients. 100 grams of fish contains 15.6 grams of protein, 6.6 grams of fat, 0.2 grams of carbohydrates, 19 milligrams of calcium, 240 milligrams of phosphorus, 0.3 milligrams of iron.

Pomfret has another name, called mirror fish.

An added pomfret contains DHA, which is helpful for children's brain development! (Youinpei Note)

Pinyin name Chānɡ Yú

Alias Chinese alligatorfish (Linhai xiqi zhi), changhou turtle, changmu (Ben Cao gleanings), dog sleepy fish (Lingbiao luyi), pomfret bream (Medical Forest Compilation), mirror fish, flatfish (Yellow Bohai Sea Fish Survey Report), baichang (Atlas of Chinese Animals - Fish), forked flake fish (Jiangsu, Zhejiang).

The source is the meat of silver pomfret of the pomfret family.

Habitat distribution inhabits the lower and middle layers of the offshore. Feeds on small fishes, diatoms and so on. Spawning period from May to June. Distributed along the coast of China, the South China Sea and the East China Sea is more, the Yellow Sea, Bohai Sea is less. Ecological environment: offshore fish in the lower layer. Often inhabiting in the water depth of 30-70m slow tide in the sea area. It feeds on small fish, jellyfish and diatoms. It has seasonal swimming phenomenon and its reproductive period is from May to June. The amount of eggs is 11.7-21.8 million, and the eggs are floating, with a diameter of 1.6-1.9mm.

Resource distribution: distributed in the East China Sea and the South China Sea.

Chemical composition of silver pomfret contains protein, fat, carbohydrates, calcium, phosphorus, iron and dimethylamine (dimethylamine), methylamine (methylamine), isobutylamine (isobutylamine), ethylamine (ethylamine), diethylamine (diethylamine).

Sweet and neutral in nature

Attributed to the spleen and stomach meridians

Functions: Benefiting the qi, nourishing the blood, relaxing the tendons and bones. Main dyspepsia; anemia; tendon and bone soreness; numbness of limbs

Use and dosage for internal use: boiled or stewed, 30-60g.

Note pomfret roe should be taken with caution.