In the Yangtze River, there is a fish that is called bronze because of its body color, but it is really the king of fish, it is the rouge fish.
Cochineal is a genus of cochineal fish in the suborder Cyprinidae, commonly known as fire bream, because of its different body colors, it is divided into yellow row, blood row, pink row, bronze and so on. The body color of the cochineal fish changes with age and body size, and after sexual maturity, the body is mainly yellow-brown, pink or bluish-purple, with a broad scarlet longitudinal stripe on the side of the body, the male fish is brightly colored, and the female fish is dull.
Since the cochineal fish are bottom-eating fish, the mouth is small and under the head. The back is unusually raised, the small individual cochineal fish from the side of the body is obviously triangular, the front of the dorsal fin is long and narrow, swimming like a sail away, so it is called "a smooth sailing", so it is a very popular ornamental fish.
Most sub-mouth fish species are distributed in North America, which is the only sub-mouth fish species known to be distributed in China, mainly living in the Yangtze River and Fujian Minjiang River. This fish early distribution is very wide, most areas of the Yangtze River Basin can be seen, is a famous high-level edible fish, due to man-made overfishing led to a decline in the number, although through scientific breeding and stocking has made the population stable recovery, but is still the national second-level protected wild animals, is the king of fish, forbidden to fish privately, this year has occurred a number of cases of rouge by mistake, the majority of fishing friends must pay attention.
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