Introduction: 5 kinds of freshwater fish that resemble grass carp, the 4th kind of senior angler may not be able to distinguish, how many do you know?
After early summer, the anglers went out again.
In recent years, water resources have been restored in various places, which is also a good thing for anglers, because many fish that were rare before are now slowly enriched.
Grass carp, this is a kind of fish that many people know. However, for some anglers, they often catch some fish that are very similar to grass carp, but they can't be named. Sometimes many people will treat fish that they have not seen before and look very similar to grass carp as grass carp.
Xiaobian is also a fishing enthusiast, when there is nothing to do, he likes to go fishing with friends, and often sees anglers around the fishing circle in the fishing circle, so that the big guys can see what kind of fish they have caught, and whether the guide can eat it.
Today I will share with you 5 kinds of river fish that resemble grass carp, and see how many you know!
(1) Wheat ear fish: like a small grass carp fry that has not grown
For this small fish, many people hate it to the bone, but many people like it and often catch it to fry and eat it.
When I was a child, I always thought they were grass carp fry, because when I was a child, I raised fish in the village fish pond, and the grass carp fry purchased in the market looked very similar to the wheat ear fish caught in the wild.
Later, I shared with my fishing friends in the group, talking about this fish, some fishing friends said that they have always thought that the wheat ear fish is grass carp fry, it seems that there are many people who have such a misunderstanding, and they can only blame them for looking really similar.
In fact, there is a difference between the careful identification of wheat ear fish and grass carp fry, like the north side of the wheat ear fish is silvery gray, while the abdomen is grayish white, especially the hind edge of the scales on the side of its body has crescent-shaped black spots. The scales of grass carp fry are more neatly arranged and there are no spots.
Especially during the breeding season, the male snout of the wheat ear fish has a clear star chasing. The female has a black longitudinal band in the center of the body side.
(2) A green fish that grows more majestically and has a darker color
Now bluefish is the most favorite fish for many anglers, especially a few dozen pounds of blue fish, which makes fishing friends crazy. And many people love to fish for bluefish, that is, its strength is great, once it bites the hook is a contest of strength.
As one of the four major fish, bluefish generally do not confuse it with grass carp. However, in recent years, there are fewer cultured bluefish, and many people do not know the bluefish at all, so they will think of it as tanning, or the growth environment is different, resulting in it growing like this.
In terms of appearance, the bluefish is indeed very similar to grass carp. It's just that the bluefish is more majestic, and the abdomen is round and rolling, while the grass carp's abdomen is flatter.
In addition, in terms of body color, bluefish are generally dark black, so as long as you remember these points, you can still easily identify whether it is a bluefish or a grass carp.
(3) The light barbed catfish known as the "water spirit".
If you don't know the name light barbed catfish, it is not unusual, because in the folk it is mostly called coarse mud carp, solid fish, military fish and green sticks, yellow juan fish and so on.
This is indeed a fish that looks very similar to grass carp, especially for those who don't know the light barbed catfish, they can easily mistake it for grass carp.
Compared with grass carp, the external characteristics of this fish are indeed very similar. However, the difference in body color is still relatively large. Like the grass carp body color is generally white-green, while the light barbed catfish is golden green, it looks a little higher, no wonder it is called "water spirit".
Moreover, the light barbed catfish is more delicate than the grass carp, and the general body is relatively slender, unlike the fat version of the grass carp. This may also be related to their growing environment and habits, like grass carp do not have high requirements for water quality, eating a variety of aquatic plants.
However, the light barbed catfish is only found in some streams and lakes with high water quality, and once it is polluted, it will all die.
In addition, the light barbed catfish mainly preys on aquatic insects, higher plant detritus, etc., so the size is generally not large, one or two pounds is very common, and more than seven or eight pounds is extremely rare. But seven or eight pounds of grass carp have just come of age!
(4) Silly and indistinguishable "Thai mud carp"
Mud carp is a very common fish in many rivers and lakes, and there are many types of mud carp, which are mainly divided into three species, mud carp, wheat mud carp and Thai mud carp. Among them, the mud carp is a kind of mud carp native to the mainland, while the wheat carp and the Thai carp are both exotic species.
Although these three kinds of fish look like grass carp, especially wheat mud carp, it is almost very similar to grass carp.
The full name of the wheat carp is the wheat ray galactic carp, which is also one of the four most widely cultured fish in India, which was introduced from India by the mainland in the 1990s. The Thai carp is a kind of mud carp imported from Thailand by the mainland, so it is called Thai carp in China!
This kind of fish looks too much like the grass carp of the mainland, and even some senior fishing is stupid and unclear. Because it not only looks very similar, but also has a similar size.
Ordinary Thai carp can also grow to dozens of pounds like grass carp. The larger the head, the harder it is often to distinguish it from grass carp. Some anglers told me that they could tell the difference from their heads, but I still didn't know how to distinguish between grass carp and Thai carp.
(5) Red-eyed trout known as "red-eyed grass carp".
If it weren't for the fact that this fish has a significant erythema on the upper edge of its eyes, many people would have thought of it as a grass carp. People who don't know will also say, is this grass carp mutated? Earlier, an angler told me that he had caught a grass carp with "pink eye disease", and we looked at the photos to find out that it was a red-eyed trout.
This fish is also called red-eyed fish in some places, and in some places it is directly called "red-eyed grass carp", "wild grass carp", etc., because it looks like grass carp. If it weren't for the erythema in the eyes, it would be really hard to distinguish.
Like grass carp, this fish also has strong adaptability, and has the characteristics of fast growth and miscellaneous food, so it is also a high-quality economic fish in China.
Conclusion
The 5 kinds of fish introduced above are often confused because they look too similar to grass carp, especially the fourth kind, which is really too similar to grass carp, even if some senior fishing may not be clear.
In fact, in the countryside, there are many fish that look like grass carp, what fishing friends have caught like grass carp? How do you differentiate? Everyone is welcome to leave a message in the comments section below to discuss.
If you can distinguish them all, you must be a master.