Introduction: Looks like silver carp, loves to prey on fireflies, but is a valuable freshwater fish, a pound can be worth 200 yuan
Silver carp is a more common fish in the market, its price has been quite cheap, in the author's place silver carp is about six yuan a pound a year, is a cheap fish. However, many people do not like to eat silver carp, in the past rural banquets, or the New Year will use silver carp, and now most of them are replaced by some high-end fish, so the number of silver carp farming is much less.
But in the wet market, if you are lucky, you will encounter a freshwater fish, it looks very much like silver carp, people who do not know it will definitely mistake it for silver carp, but you will be startled when you ask the price, it will sell for 200 yuan a catty, the price is dozens of times that of silver carp. Only because this fish is a valuable freshwater fish, it is now banned from fishing in the wild.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="4" > the science of cold-water fine scaled fish</h1>
Now it is estimated that not many people have heard of this fish, except in the place of origin, or some senior anglers and foodie friends. Cold-water fine scale fish, as the name suggests, this fish likes to live in a cold water environment, and its fish scales are relatively small.
Cold-water fine scaled fish, also known as Qinling fine scale salmon, it is a cold-water foothill fish, is salmon family, fine scale fish, because its scales are very small and named.
Cold-water fine scaled fish is not large, generally under 35 cm is more common, of course, there are some large sizes can grow to more than 45 cm, but it is extremely rare. We all know that the scales of silver carp are very small and neatly spread all over the body. The same is true of the cold-water scaly fish, and its size is also very similar to that of silver carp. It is only that its body length is more slender, slightly flattened, and the head of the fish is not as large as that of the silver carp, the head is slightly pointed, the snout is blunt, especially the mouth of the fish is very small.
The growth environment of cold-water fine scale fish is also very special, mainly growing in mountain streams at an altitude of 900-2300, especially in the rapid flow, clear water quality, and large gravel bottom of the river section, because it is mainly concentrated in the Qinling area distribution, so it is also called Qinling fine scale salmon.
However, the cold-water fine-scaled fish is a typical carnivorous fish, which is similar to most cold-water fish, which are mainly based on aquatic vertebrates in the juvenile stage, and will also prey on other fish when they grow up, they can eat a fish that is quite one-half of the length of the body, and will also prey on land insects that are blown down by the wind, such as cattle flies, ephemerals, flying ants, horse peaks, dragonfly larvae, etc., especially fireflies are the favorite of cold-water fine scales. And it is also very fierce, even rats are their prey.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="10" > value reference for cold-water fine scaled fish</h1>
Friends who know about fish should know that carnivorous fish are generally good meat, like the blue fish in the four major fish, and the cold-water carnivorous fish, because of the water quality environment of life, not only is the meat delicious, but also there is no fishy taste. Among them, the cold-water scaled fish has been a precious freshwater fish since ancient times, and it was still a tribute in ancient times.
The meat of this fish is very delicious, the fat content is more, and the nutrition is also very rich. Not only is its fish meat delicious and nutritious, but even its fish eggs are quite valuable. In ancient times, ordinary people could not afford to eat, and only those who were high-ranking and noble could enjoy it.
Now the price of cold-water fine scale fish is also very high, and in order to protect it, wild fishing has been banned. It can only eat artificial breeding, but fortunately, now that the technology is mature, artificial breeding of cold-water fine scaled fish has been realized. Even if it is farmed, it is also 200 yuan a catty in the market, and it is difficult to buy, generally in some scenic spots, or farms in the place of origin, and also to book in advance. After all, the price is high, and ordinary people can't afford it.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="14" > the current situation of cold-water fine scale fish</h1>
It is estimated that many friends in the production area will say that in the past, there were too many such fish, especially 20 or 30 years ago, and if the water in the river rose, it could be caught. Why is it so precious now?
It is undeniable that in the past, there were more wild fine scaled fish, but because this fish was too delicious, many people went to fish, and it was used in an unreasonable way, such as medicinal fish, fried fish, electric fish, etc., resulting in a rapid decrease in the number of this fish.
At the same time, the growth environment of the fine scale fish is relatively high, and it only moves in the river section with rapid water flow, clear water quality and large gravel bottom, but because of the damage to the environment, the growth environment of the fine scale fish is threatened. In addition, this fish has a low spawning capacity and weak reproductive ability, and generally waits for at least 3-5 years to mature sexually, and then spawn in February to March. It is for these reasons that the number of fine-scaled fish in the wild has been severely reduced.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="18" > concluding remarks</h1>
The fine scaled fish looks like silver carp, but the price is as high as 200 yuan a catty, if you catch it in the wild, or catch this fish, please remember to release it in time, because the wild is already prohibited from fishing. If you really want to taste it, you can go to some farms or buy it at the market. In fact, for some friends who love fishing, catch fish that they don't know, as far as possible, release it, so as not to suffer from "flying disasters".
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