Do you know the name of this unremarkable fish? Doesn't it look like the ordinary small fish in freshwater fish? In fact, it has a lot to offer.
Many people call this fish the black-striped perch, but we don't think it is very appropriate for its appearance, so we call it the broadband bass more.
The standard body length of the broadband perch is 3.8-3.9 times the body height, the head and back are obliquely straight, and the orbit is flat or slightly sunken. Although it looks harmless to humans and animals, it is actually a carnivorous animal, usually feeding on invertebrates.
The broadband perch did not look special when it was a child, but when it grew up, it looked very beautiful, and as the body gradually matured, the black stripes of the broadband perch would slowly fade, replaced by a bright golden and orange-yellow abdomen, and the bright color was loved by sea lovers.
This broadband perch is a species of the genus Perch, and the others are known as the African perch, rainbow bass, candy bass and so on. But the black-striped perch is very rare and is more common in Asia than in the West.
Broadband perch is a relatively rare species, and other seawater fish of the genus Long perch, the broadband perch also has a problem with the disease of the swim bladder, which will cause the perch to be difficult or unable to control its buoyancy, that is to say, they swim in the water is not smooth, often accidentally overturned, many perch will die because of the reversal can not swim.
It is also because of the complications of this fish maw and the buoyancy problems that arise that make it difficult for them to survive in our tanks, and I bet that if it were not for the disease, these medium-sized perch species would have become so popular among seawater players that more people would have raised them.
Broadband perch is even rarer in the tanks of foreign aquatrophiles, because even if they want to raise them, they can't buy it, this fish is mainly in our Asian region, and the last time abroad sold healthy broadband bass was ten years ago.
In 2009, when the broadband perch was first sold for $299 (2,000 yuan), people began to recognize this fish, until today in 2019, its price has doubled several times, and the broadband perch was recently sold for $1299 (9207 yuan), which is a difference of $1,000.
Although this price makes most aquarists prohibitive, but still can not stop their charm, if you can have a broadband perch, then congratulations, you will have a capital to show off to the aquarists around you.