【Table Species Calendar】January 13 White-belted fish Author: Fish from Salzburg
The children who play in the alley have an impression of marine fish mostly fried small yellow croaker, fried cuttlefish in sherry, steamed yellow croaker and braised striped fish segments. The best thing is to secretly stand behind her mother, waiting for the fish to be fried until it is half cooked and still stirring, the crispy golden shell and the snow-white fish flesh, and the unique fresh fragrance of the sea fish in the air for a long time... This delicacy, which carries the childhood memories of countless people, is the protagonist of today.
Fry the striped fish segments. Image: shanghaigirleats.com
Out of the water is a quiet beautiful man
Trichiurus lepturus, a species of the genus Banded Fish in the family Perciformes. The English name laghead hairtail, also commonly known as the big head band fish, catfish or high fin striped fish. It is widely distributed in the warm waters of the world's oceans and is distributed along the coast of China, but it is mainly concentrated in the waters of the East China Sea, such as the famous Zhoushan striped fish.
Trichiurus lepturus. Image: hokkaido-jin.jp
Although the fish tastes good, but as soon as you mention it, you may immediately think of the pile of fishy and smelly things in the aquatic market, the fine and sticky fish scales will touch a hand, the vicious mouth and bulging eyeballs make you can't help but sigh, it is really worthy of the deep sea fish, as if it is born with this rotten look.
Fresh striped fish just out of the water. Image: blogs.yahoo.co.jp
In fact, the fresh striped fish is as bright as a mirror, and it is described in the "Qing Palace Sea Mistake Map": At that time, fishermen in coastal areas often hung fresh striped fish for sale, which looked like a sword shop from a distance. The white-banded fish is slender and flattened, the tail is slender like hair, the scales are degenerate, there is no tail fin and ventral fin, the dorsal fin and pectoral fin are transparent, the body length can exceed two meters, and the whole body is like a layer of sterling silver, which is extremely beautiful.
The legendary "Sword Shop". Image: pref.aomori.lg.jp
There are many species of striped fish, with a total of 44 species in 9 genera. In coastal China alone, there are narrow cranial bands, sand belt fish, small bands and striped fish. There are three species of striped fish in the genus, all of which are the main species of fishing in China, namely the white-banded fish (T. lepturus), T. brevis) and T. nanhaiensis), their appearance is similar and difficult to distinguish directly by the naked eye. A subspecies of the white-banded fish, the Japanese striped fish (T. Japonicus), also known in Japanese as タチウオ, also written as Tai Knife Fish.
Japanese striped fish (T. japonicus）。 Image: sakuravillage.jp
Underwater are ferocious and greedy hunters
White-banded fish prefer to inhabit deep oceans, offshore coasts or estuaries with sedimenty bottoms, and often swim in groups, belonging to the outer ocean migratory fish. With its prominent jaws and sharp teeth, white-banded fish are greedy and ferocious carnivorous fish that dive into the deep sea during the day and float up to the middle surface waters at night or on cloudy days to chase their prey, feeding mainly on small fish, squids, and crustaceans. The belt fish are very gluttonous and cannibalize.
The large mouth of "interlaced teeth". Image: blog.daum.net
Some medical books of the Qing Dynasty also have records about fish, and in volume 10 of the Compendium of Materia Medica, there is such a record in the scales: "This fish came from the outside ocean in the middle of August, thousands of flocks, and the fishermen took a piece of dried fish meat as bait to catch it, and when a fish was caught, the fish were constantly linked to each other, and the boat was caught." "It means that if you catch one, you can pull the end-to-end fish all over the boat like a cable, because the struggle of the hooked fish has triggered the attack of the same kind." Whether the records of the ancients are credible or not is unknown, but from one side it can be seen that the fish are indeed fierce.
Striped fish that float to the surface. Image: azoreswhales.blogspot.com
Striped fish caught from deep-sea trawls will die quickly due to the upheaval of water pressure, but if you take advantage of the fact that it floats into the shallow sea, you can catch live striped fish. Therefore, in ancient times, when the fishing industry was not developed, people also began to eat striped fish. Because of its gluttonous habits, the white-banded fish is also a favorite fish for sea fishing enthusiasts.
White-banded fish is also known as "Standing Fish"
Few people have seen their underwater posture, when the fish do not swim in the water, usually maintain an "upright" posture, the dorsal fin and pectoral fin rhythmic incitement to maintain balance, the eyes look at the movement above, if the prey is found, the dorsal fin will quickly instigate, the body tilts to pounce on the prey.
Here is a video of a fish swimming at the Shimonoseki City Aquarium in Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan, "erecting" a swaying figure that can definitely be called a living long sight. Please copy to the browser to view: http://v.qq.com/page/b/1/7/b1301t3oa17.html
Although the banded fish need to move quickly in migration, predation and avoidance of predators, they can also swim laterally like eels by the wavy swing of the body driven by the muscle nodes. But most of the time it stays upright. Because of their slender size, the fish are easily discovered by predators, and maintaining an upright state in the current not only saves physical strength, but also makes it easier to hide themselves and wait for opportunities to prey.
Elegant and cool underwater gestures. Image: blog.daum.ne
Striped fish on display at the Shimonoseki Aquarium in Japan. Image: plaza.rakuten.co.jp
Completely dependent on sea fishing, the yield is considerable
As mentioned at the beginning of the article, striped fish and large yellow croaker, small yellow fish, and cuttlefish are called China's four major fisheries, and they were once extremely rich in resources. Since the end of the last century, the "four sea fish" have experienced serious overfishing, the resources of small yellow croaker and cuttlefish have declined, and the resources of large yellow croaker have almost dried up.
Sun-dried striped fish. Image: english.vietnamnet.vn
The production of striped fish has been stable to date, and it is the most productive species of fish caught in China's marine fish, living up to any era, with more than 500,000 tons of catches per year. Therefore, there is no need to spend a lot of manpower and material resources to study artificial breeding technology like the giant yellow croaker. Coupled with the ferocious habits of the striped fish and the deep habitat waters, the relevant basic research still needs to be deepened. Therefore, until now, the striped fish is still completely dependent on wild fishing, and there is no artificial breeding industry with fish.
Occipital osteomatoma with fish. Image: fishparasite.fs.a.u-tokyo.ac.jp
We eat striped fish sometimes eat a small bony lump, which is usually a occipital osteomatoma (a kind of bone hyperplasia) with fish, generally only the striped fish in tropical seas will grow, and it makes sense for folk to distinguish between the striped fish caught in the coastal sea (the belt fish) and the belt fish caught in the ocean (the belt fish).
The meat is more prickly and less prickly, and it is delicious and delicious
Striped fish is one of the favorite seawater fish of the Chinese people, it is so common that they are not embarrassed to call it seafood. The fish is stingy and tasty, and the most common practice is fried and braised. Fresh striped fish is more suitable for steaming.
Fried East Sea striped fish. Image: 123rf.com.cn
Steamed striped fish. Image: dianping.com
In Japanese cuisine, fish with silver appearance and small scales such as sardines, saury, and squid are collectively called hikarimono, and their common feature is that they can truly reflect deliciousness but are very easy to spoil, and the same is true for fish. Enough fresh striped fish (Tachiuo) can also be eaten raw.
Live with fish. Image: pinterest.com
Bring fish to hold sushi. Image: wakayama-kanko.or.jp
Fresh striped fish can be sashimi directly, and there is no fishy smell at all, and the crystal clear fish meat is very chewy, especially the tough skin. In addition to sashimi, striped fish are also suitable for tempura and salt roast.
Bring fish tempura. Image: tukitensin.com
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