In recent years, there have been many records of fishing enthusiasts catching horrible "strange fish" in the inland areas. According to the description, the "strange fish" looks terrible, resembling loach, a mouth of large teeth, the whole body is red, unknown sources have speculated that the alien creatures do not know how to deal with it, so what is this "strange fish" sacred? Is there any harm? This article takes you through the details.
Anglers catch red wolf-toothed goby
According to the data, this "strange fish" is a red wolf tooth goby fish, which belongs to the eel family, wolf tooth goby genus, likes to inhabit the shallow sea and near the estuary of the silt or gravel, good at digging sand and drilling holes to avoid predators and foraging and reproduction.
This fish is a carnivorous two-way migratory fish, which can live in light seawater and has a fierce habit, often feeding on small fish and shrimp. It is native to and distributed in the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean, and is produced in the southeast coast of China, the Yangtze River and the Pearl River region.
It is only because of its terrible appearance in inland areas and little known that it will be named "strange fish", especially the large teeth of the upper and lower jaws that make people shudder.
In fact, the red wolf goby has a certain economic value, the Chaoshan region called "red striped fish" can be eaten, but in other areas due to its strange appearance caused by the economic value is not high, most of the fished products are used for fishery aquaculture.
Red Wolf Tooth Goby
The red wolf goby is not unfamiliar in coastal areas, but it is an exotic species in inland freshwater waters, making it famous for the large-scale invasion of Chao Lake, also known as the "Chao Lake Monster Fish".
Chao Lake is one of the five largest freshwater lakes in China, rich in silver fish, white shrimp, lake crab, as early as the summer of 2010, Chao Lake has been reported to have discovered new fish species, and the so-called new fish species is the red wolf tooth goby fish.
At that time, it was still in the preliminary discovery stage, and experts deduced that this fish or because of the "River Diversion Nest" project, followed the river water into the waters of Chao Lake. However, in the natural environment of good ecology and lack of natural predators, in just a few years, the red wolf-toothed goby in Chao Lake has reached a flooding situation.
In 2015, fishermen in Chaohu Lake gradually found that the catch of fish and shrimp was reduced, and replaced by a large number of "strange fish" that made fishermen panic for a long time. According to a local fisherman, a shrimp cage can catch hundreds of pounds in a net during the peak period, and what is more terrifying is that this "strange fish" is fierce and fierce, and will be attacked by it when caught with bare hands.
Because it is an unknown creature, at first the fishermen will throw most of them back into the lake after salvage, but after the increase in the amount of fishing in the later period, it is not strange, and it is a good way to deal with it for breeding chickens and ducks.
As we all know, alien species tend to disrupt the local ecological balance, such as scavengers and snails in southern waters, and once out of control, they will become major hidden dangers. For the red wolf tooth goby, experts said that this fish does not contain toxins and does not pose a threat to the structure and ecology of the fishery population in Chaohu Lake, and the facts need to be further demonstrated.
Coincidentally, similar species were found in the waters of Taihu Lake, one of the five major freshwater lakes in the same period, but they did not erupt as intensively as Chao Lake.
Chao Lake
Nowadays, under the premise of continuous improvement of China's water conservancy projects, some aquatic organisms have also migrated one after another, and the red wolf tooth goby is no exception, and there are many records of being caught or caught in inland areas. So what do we do if we catch or catch this fish? The author has three suggestions as follows:
First, this fish is not toxic and edible, and occasionally catch one or two that can be tasted.
Second, if it is caught near the coastal, estuaries and other living areas, it can be appropriately released; if it is caught in inland rivers or lakes, it should be released as much as possible.
Third, if such fish is caught or caught on a large scale in its non-habitat area, it should be immediately reported to the local aquatic management department to avoid ecological and environmental disasters.
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The red wolf-toothed goby is a naturally reproduced species, which is only known as a "strange fish" because of its terrible appearance, but because of its living habits, the probability of being able to encounter or catch in reality is actually very small, even if it is not dangerous to touch, there is no need to worry. In addition, it is said that this fish tastes quite good, and it is a good dish to cut the head and tail and cut it into sections.
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