Our Country is rich in resources and grows many creatures of different forms. However, for us anglers, the wide variety of fish information is of course of great interest to us. What is the difference between fish across the country? How to distinguish many similar fish? The main thing is how to catch these fish? In view of these problems, I summarized my many years of fishing experience combined with the exchange of information of the majority of anglers, and published the relevant knowledge of these problems one after another, hoping to provide some help to the majority of fishing friends.
Today our protagonist is the common mud carp. So since it is a common and well-known fish, why should we introduce it? In fact, mud carp is not a simple fish, it represents a species of fish. Let's start with mud carp. Mud carp is a species of ray-finned fish of the cyprinid family Cyprinidae, commonly known as earth carp, snow carp, carp, and carp. Mud carp have flattened sides of the body, a slight bulge on the back in front of the dorsal fin, and a rounded and slightly straight abdomen. The head is short, the snout is rounded and blunt, and the snout length is slightly larger than the diameter of the eye. The mouth is small, lower, and curved. The upper lip edge is finely wavy, the posterior labial groove is broken, and the lower lip edge is covered with papillae. The upper and lower jaws have sharp margins, with the lips. separate. The snout is thicker and the jaw is shorter or degenerated to leave only traces. Hypopharyngeal teeth 3 rows. The scales are medium large and round. The lateral line is straight, the lateral line scales are 38 to 42 pieces, and the origin of the mud carp is our China.
Let's take a look at the main types of mud carp in our country. The first is the largest Thai mud carp. This mud carp was introduced into southeast Asia in the 1980s due to its rapid growth. Its flesh is rough and bone spurs are more, so it is not popular with consumers in the market. The advantage of Thai mud carp is that it has great strength and endurance, and it is currently mainly for anglers to fish. Adult individuals are 5-10 pounds, and the largest individual can reach more than 30 pounds.
Wheat carp (Bengal carp), this kind of mud carp is one of the main farmed fish in the southern region of China, the meat quality is average, so its role is mainly to supply factory processing fish balls for use. Wheat carp is also a powerful fish, so it has also become the main fish species farmed in many fishing establishments. Adults of wheat carp are 3-5 kg, and the largest individual can reach 20+ kg.
Soil carp (snow carp), soil carp has high requirements for water quality and environment, the meat is tender and nutritious, and it is also a traditional Chinese medicine, and it is also the main tribute of Qingming festivals and other activities such as the New Year festival in the Liangguang area. Therefore, this mud carp is one of the most economically valuable mud carp species. The distinctive feature of the mud carp is the obvious blue scale markings on the back of the gills. Mud carp is suitable for sashimi, high-grade fish balls, it is also the best raw material for canned mud carp. Adult carp individuals are 1-2 pounds, and the largest individuals are more than 8 pounds.
Then there is the mud carp (bitter crucifix), which is the smallest species of mud carp in the individual, and it is also the species of mud carp with the highest requirements for water quality, which can only survive in waters with very good water quality, commonly found in major reservoirs, streams and caves. Unlike other mud carp, the mud carp has very few bone spurs, which is simply a swimming meat. The difficulties of mud carp farming are currently dominated by the wild. Pan-fried stone mud carp is a famous dish in the south, and it can almost be fried without oil, because the more it is fried, the more oil it will be. Mud carp is a small fish, with adult individuals 50-100 g, and the largest known individual does not exceed 300 g.
In fact, the appearance of mud carp is very close, especially Thai mud carp and Bengal mud carp, often making anglers stupid and unclear, including many senior anglers. In fact, their difference is quite large, you can return to Figure 2 to see, you will understand.
Well, about mud carp is introduced here, welcome to discuss and exchange
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