On the afternoon of May 5, citizen Kobayashi went out to sea with his friend's fishing boat and received a mysterious "gift" in the Xiazhang Sea. After starting the net, he found that among the fish he caught, there was a huge "monster".
Huge "monsters".
Weighs 300 pounds and has poisonous spines in the tail
The "monster" weighed nearly 300 pounds, and under its diamond-shaped body dragged a long tail with barbs on it. "It was almost 4 meters long and it took us 3 hours to get it out of the net. Presumably because it had been ashore for too long, it was already dying. Kobayashi told reporters that this "monster" is very similar to the rays we usually eat, but it is covered with leopard prints, has a color that even the fishermen on the boat have never seen, and is even rarer because of its huge size.
Fishermen on board told Kobayashi that they had caught similar fish. Because this fish has a strong tail and poisonous hooks, it can cause severe pain if it is accidentally thrown - that kind of pain is drilled, except for the painless hair, every cell in the body will be painful, so they are impressed by this kind of fish.
Leopard-print narrow-tailed stingray is suspected
What species is this "monster" fish? The reporter sent its picture to the people around him for consultation, some people said like "manta rays", some people said that it was a kind of ray, and some people said that it may be a flower stingray. The reporter searched for pictures on the Internet and found that the most similar to this "monster" fish was the leopard-print narrow-tailed stingray.
As of press time, the results of the experts' appraisal have not yet been obtained.
Friends, do you recognize this big "monster"? Everyone is welcome to leave a message in the comment area.
Leopard-print narrow-tailed stingray
Common names: flower-spotted stingray, bream, leopard-print stingray
Geographical distribution: Distributed in the Indo-West Pacific Region, from the Red Sea and the Mediterranean Sea in the west to southern Africa (via the Suez Canal) in the west, to French Polynesia in the east, to Taiwan in the north, and to Australia in the south. Taiwan is found in the eastern and southern waters of Xi'an.
Endangered Status: Not on the IUCN Endangered List
One of the largest stingrays, with poisonous spines on its tail, edible meat and a heavier fishy taste. It is rare in the waters of Xiamen. It is currently the breeding season for stingrays, and they all come to the inner bay to spawn, so they are caught by fishing nets.
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This is not the first time that Fujian fishermen have caught rare big fish
1 yellow-lipped fish sold for 1.82 million
In April 2013, it was rumored on Weibo that fishermen on Haimen Island had once again caught yellow-lipped fish weighing 92 catties and sold for 1.82 million yuan. When the reporter interviewed in Haimen Island, many villagers confirmed to the reporter that there was indeed such a thing, and the price was consistent with the rumors on the Internet, and the big fish caught was suspected of being a national second-level protected animal, the yellow-lipped fish.
As soon as the reporter went to Shanghai Gate Island, he heard many villagers talking about catching big fish. When it comes to the 92-pound fish, the villagers say they don't know where the fisherman is. A villager surnamed Gao said privately that the fish was suspected of being a yellow-lipped fish, a national second-class protected animal. After inquiring, the reporter learned that the yellow lip fish is a unique fish species in China and is regarded as a superior tonic, especially the fish fat is very precious, known as "expensive as gold". On April 1 of the same year, brothers Lin Binghui and Lin Lianfu, villagers of Ping Village, Haihai Island, caught a 102-kilogram fish, said to be a yellow-lipped fish, in the sea north of Haimen Island near Haicang.
Lin Binghui introduced that when they collected the net at sea that day, they found that it was a little heavy, and then they found this big fish, and at that time, the fish was dead, the eyes were red and swollen, and there was bruises on the tail. Taking a look back at the village, many villagers said that they had never seen such a large fish, which was 165 centimeters long, and many elderly villagers said that they had never seen such a fish in their lives.
Subsequently, the fish was sold by the Lin brothers to a foreign buyer for 820,000 yuan. However, many people in the village told reporters that if it is really yellow-lipped fish, the price will definitely be higher. In this regard, Lin Binghui told reporters that it was indeed sold for 820,000 yuan, and they only caught one, not the rumored one male and one female.
Yellow-lipped fish
Yellow-lipped fish, known as the Money Fish and the Money Fish by the Cantonese people. It is a rare demersal fish with warm temperate nature in the coastal waters, inhabiting the sea area at a depth of 50 m to 60 m, and the juvenile fish inhabit the estuary and its nearby coast, distributed in the East China Sea and the northern part of the South China Sea. It is a carnivorous fish, feeding on small fish and large crustaceans such as shrimp and crabs, while juvenile fish feed on shrimp.
Yellow-lipped fish is a unique fish species in China and is regarded as a superior tonic, especially the fish fat (commonly known as "fish glue") is very precious, known as "expensive as gold". A US media outlet announced 9 of the world's most expensive foods, including the money rapper, which amounted to $714 per pound of fish. It belongs to the national second-level protected animal.
A 50-pound large fish in the Dongshan sea is suspected of rare bluefin tuna
On May 9, 2015, Tianjin fishing friend Xu Jiangliang caught a large fish of nearly 50 kilograms in the waters of 40 to 50 nautical miles offshore in Dongshan County, Zhangzhou City, which is surprisingly suspected of being a rare bluefin tuna.
This kind of fish was caught in the waters of Dongshan Island, which was very rare, and the captain "Jack" posted a photo, which attracted many anglers and citizens to marvel. Captain "Jack" said he had been fishing in the area for more than 20 years and had never caught such a fish, nor had he heard of anyone else catching it. Because bluefin tuna is more economically valuable, many fishing competitions also include it in the highest level of fish species, so catching this fish is the most desired by many anglers, often proud of catching bluefin tuna. Therefore, "Jack" learned about the habits of this fish very early, and from its swimming posture in the water, it can be seen that it is a bluefin tuna. According to "Jack", the fish weighs nearly 50 pounds and is worth tens of thousands of yuan. "Bluefin tuna is an oceanic migratory fish, distributed in the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans, but very rare in southern Fujian." Chen Bin, chief engineer of the Zhangzhou Municipal Bureau of Oceanography and Fisheries, was also surprised. However, he said that because there is no map, it is difficult to identify whether it is a bluefin tuna. After the picture was posted, many anglers posted that it was a bluefin tuna.
Bluefin tuna
According to the data, bluefin tuna, inhabiting depth of 0-9850 meters, body length of up to 458 cm, is a marine migratory fish, group activity, is carnivorous, feeds on fish, cephalopods, crustaceans, can be used as edible fish, swimming fishing and farmed fish.
Due to slow growth and overfishing, the global bluefin tuna population has now been greatly reduced and is classified as critically endangered by the IUCN Red List.
Although these rare fish species can be sold for a good price, Xiaobian would like to remind everyone that illegal hunting of wild animals is a crime
According to the Criminal Law, whoever illegally hunts or kills rare or endangered wild animals under key national protection, or illegally acquires, transports or sells rare or endangered wild animals under key national protection and their products, shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than five years or criminal detention and shall also be fined;
Source: Haixi Morning Post, Xiamen Net