Yangtze River Jun: Chinese sturgeon is currently one of the largest predatory fish in China's freshwater, up to thousands of pounds, generally more in the depths of the Yangtze River. Recently, when an angler in Guiyang, Guizhou Province, was fishing at night, he caught a strange and strange fish with a "pointed head and long tail" from the local river, suspected of being a "juvenile Chinese sturgeon", and quickly released it after taking pictures.
“...... Lua fished up, at first I thought there was a branch hanging, light and fluttering, there was no pull, but pulled to the shore to see, what is this? “
The Guizhou angler (@Liu Fengfeng cd) was surprised to say that although he was not very old, he was also an "old angler" and was very familiar with the fish species in the local river, and had never seen such a "strange fish".
——This strange fish is more than ten centimeters long, the whole is very "slender", the head is pointed, the tail is flat and long, and the fish body is smooth and scaleless.
After taking a photo, the angler found that the strange fish looked like a "juvenile Chinese sturgeon".
Chinese sturgeon, the head of the fish is blunt and short
But how can there be Chinese sturgeon in the rivers of Guizhou? The angler himself was puzzled.
In any case, the familiar night fishing in the big river can catch such a "rare and strange fish", and this angler is also very excited and surprised.
However, considering that this "strange fish" is likely to be a rare and protected animal Chinese sturgeon, this Guizhou fishing friend also took a photo and quickly took off the hook and released it back into the river.
ChangJiangjun: This Guizhou angler is worried that it is a prudent practice of timely release of Chinese sturgeon, which should be said to be worthy of praise.
However, in the view of Yangtze River Jun, the "strange fish" caught by this Guizhou angler from the local river should be a hybrid sturgeon (the thin and long tip of the fish is the typical feature of the hybrid sturgeon), and it may be the offspring of the wild hybrid sturgeon in the natural environment, which can be said to be relatively rare.
Cultured hybrid sturgeon with slender and long tips
Hybrid sturgeon is an exotic species that has an impact on the germplasm resources of native Chinese sturgeon and is generally not recommended for release.
Of course, in recent years, there have been many cases of being sentenced for bycatch and misattending to protect animals, and as a fishing enthusiast, it is understandable to take a cautious approach to release when encountering similar "strange fish".
In the view of Yangtze River Jun, first of all, we must have a basic understanding of the rare wild fish and aquariums that may appear locally, in order to respond in time.
For example, when fishing in rivers and lakes in the Yangtze River Basin (to use a single hook), the probability of encountering rare protected fish species such as Chinese sturgeon, rouge fish, longnose fish (i.e. river tuan), Yangtze River copper fish (i.e., water rice), eel and so on is relatively large; and if it is Guangxi, Yunnan-Guizhou and other mountainous areas and the upper reaches of the river, it is likely to meet with golden sturgeon, zebrafish (wild sesame sword) and some bass fish.
The sesame sword is also a protected animal - infographic
Secondly, when encountering unknown "strange fish and strange fish", on the one hand, you can confirm their "identity" by taking photos and querying online, on the other hand, you can also contact the local fisheries department and animal protection department to confirm.
Of course, if you really can't tell, as long as you encounter an unknown "strange fish, strange fish", it is always right to release it directly - after all, it is still the sentence "the more strange it looks, the faster it is judged, the uglier it looks, the longer it is sentenced."