Friends who often fish in the wild know that the body color of the general wild fish is mostly close to the color of the natural environment, mainly blue and black, gray, gray and white.
However, a fishing enthusiast in Meishan, Sichuan Province, while fishing in a wild river on the outskirts, caught a golden "strange catfish", which was surprising.....
This "golden strange catfish" is about three pounds, the whole body is golden, the body of the fish looks "round and drumming" quite strong, but its head is pointed round, not the flat circle of the native catfish.
What catfish is this? Why is the color so golden?
<h1>It's actually a "</h1>catfish."
Originally, this is an exotic species "spotted catfish", native to the Americas, because of the tender and delicious meat, as an economic fish species introduced into China's aquaculture.
(This "catfish" was caught in the river by the angler using earthworms as bait – the temperature has recently risen and the catch is good.)
Sichuan is backed by the Yangtze River, has a wealth of freshwater aquaculture resources, so the scale of breeding in Sichuan Ban Zhen Catfish is not small, and because of the flood and other reasons caused by accidental escape, now some shantang reservoirs, rivers and lakes in Sichuan, there are traces of Ban Zhen catfish.
However, the normal body color of the banzhen catfish is the back of the blue-gray, the belly is mainly white, like this golden yellow spotted catfish, should be a rare mutation, a manifestation of the lack of melanin in the body.
(Ordinary Ban Zhen Catfish)
Experienced fishing enthusiasts know that this mutation is more common in the scaleless catfish, such as the local large-mouthed catfish, river tuan, yellow spicy ding, etc., this golden mutation will appear.
——You can see that this "golden spotted catfish" has a moist and delicate body color, with a bright red fish tail and a snow-white belly, which looks very bright and beautiful...
(very beautiful)
Although the spotted catfish itself is not a "rare" species, it is a very unique fishing experience to catch this golden mutant when fishing in the wild.
<h1>Netizen: I want to know how it tastes when you eat it</h1>
For anglers, wild fishing in rivers and catching strange fish is a very exciting thing.
This "golden spotted catfish" is also praised by many fishing friends, and some people are curious to leave a message saying that this "golden spotted catfish" is very "eye-catching" at a glance, I don't know how to taste like it?
(Because of the delicate meat quality, in Places such as Guizhou, Sichuan, Yunnan, the spotted catfish is replacing the main ingredient called grilled fish for grass carp))
In fact, this body color variation only occurs in the surface layer of the fish skin, and the body tissue of the fish itself has not changed, and its flesh quality should be said to be not much different from the ordinary Ban Zhen catfish.....
However, the angler who fished up this "golden spotted catfish" also said that he was too good to eat, and was ready to build a small pool to raise..."
Old drivers, do you have this kind of exotic "catfish" in your local area? Have you ever caught this golden mutant fish?