Recently, Russia caught a big fish, called a sunfish, and domestic people are curious about what kind of fish this sunfish is, while Chinese foodies are concerned about whether they can eat it. So, what kind of fish is a sunfish? Why is the sunfish called a sunfish?
What a sunfish is
Sunfish, also known as sunfish, mambo fish, head fish, etc., is a collective name for three kinds of oceanic fish in the family Tiraneae, which are sunfish, lantail sunfish and long sunfish, which inhabit tropical and subtropical oceans, and are also found in temperate or boreal oceans, and are produced in China's coastal areas.
The maximum length of the sunfish can reach 3.0-5.5 meters, and the weight is 1400-3500 kg. Swimming alone or in pairs, sometimes more than ten tails in groups, small individual fish are more active, often jump out of the water, large individual fish slow movement, often lying on the side of the water, or dorsal fin exposed to the water, can also dive into more than 100 meters deep water, feeding on seaweed, mollusks, jellyfish, planktonic crustaceans and small fish. The sunfish has the largest number of eggs in the fish, with a very large number of eggs, up to 300 million. The juveniles are covered with nodular spinous processes that fade with age and become ovoid in their bodies.
Why is the sunfish called a sunfish
Their bodies are round and flat, like large saucers. The fish has a long, pointed fin on its body and belly, but the tail fin is almost non-existent, so that it looks as if the back has been cut off, the sunfish lacks a real tail, it has only a huge head, so it gets a German nickname schwimmenderkopf, meaning swimming head. Its Latin name , " Sunfish " , was named after the great Swedish naturalist Linner.
What is a sunfish? The sunfish, also known as the sunfish, mambo fish, head fish, etc., is a collective name for the three species of oceanic fish in the family Bonyfish mola. Can that sunfish be eaten? It is reported that the sunfish is poisonous and cannot be eaten.
Can the sunfish be eaten?
The answer is toxic.
On April 30, 2010, Mr. Wu, a citizen of Sanya, took a "sunfish" from his cousin to go home to cook, and on May 1, Mr. Wu's wife developed symptoms such as black teeth and was sent to the hospital for treatment for 20 days and died. It is understood that this fish poisoned Mr. Wu's family and 4 relatives.
Everyone knows that puffer fish is highly toxic, in fact, the sunfish is a rare polybony fish of the pufferfish family, which also contains high poison, and because of the thick skin, the fish skin is parasitic with more than 50 parasites, so few people eat it. But does not mean that it can not eat, the economic value of the sunfish is higher, its bone is more meaty and less skinned after the fish meat is about 1/10 of the body weight, the meat is white, the nutritional value is high, and the protein content is higher than that of prostitutes and striped fish. The intestines of the sunfish are also very expensive, and taiwan's famous dish "MiaoLong Soup" is used as the main ingredient, which is both crisp and fragrant. Although the fish skin is inedible, it can be boiled gelatin or fish oil as a lubricant for precision instruments and machinery. Cod liver can be made of cod liver oil and hydrogenated oil.
Finally, it is recommended that you do not eat the sunfish you catch, after all, there is no such a high processing technology, if you are not carefully poisoned, it is not good, or eat striped fish, mackerel, and pickpocket wolffish.