Spinibarbus hollandi, genus Cyprinidae, Cyprinid family, subfamily Catfish, Barbed catfish genus. Commonly known as: military fish, green stick, pit jian, light-eyed fish, yellow juan, coarse scale fish. Light barbed catfish are river fish that prefer to live in flowing water environments, mainly distributed in the main tributaries of the middle reaches of the Yangtze River. It has the advantages of large individual, fast growth, wide eating habits, low oxygen resistance, strong disease resistance, and easy breeding. Its meat is tender, delicious and nutritious, and it is deeply loved by people.
Morphological characteristics
The body shape is nearly long and cylindrical, the tail is flattened, the head is wide, the snout is blunt, the abdomen is milky white, the eyes are medium, the upper edge of the orbit has a golden yellow fluorescence, the upper jaw and the corner of the mouth have a pair of whiskers, the scales are large, and there is a flattened and protruding barb in front of the dorsal fin. The ventral fin is located below the dorsal fin starting point, starting slightly closer to the fin starting point than the pectoral fin. The end of the fin does not reach the base of the caudal fin, and the starting point to the base of the caudal fin is closer to the beginning of the ventral fin, and the caudal fin is forked. The gill rakers are short and pointed, with jagged protrusions on the inner line and sparsely arranged.
A graceful light barbed catfish in an aquarium
Characteristics of life
Generally inhabit the bottom of the rocky and turbulent river in the middle and lower layers, especially like to live in the clear waters of the water, it belongs to omnivorous fish, mainly aquatic plants, and also eat aquatic insects and their larvae, but also eat some land insects and shrimp that fall into the water. Between April and May, sticky eggs are laid in places with slow water flow and more aquatic weeds.
delicacies
The light barbed catfish has a thick flesh and tender taste, which is quite popular with the local people. Its meat is eaten freshly, has the effect of aphrodisiac tonic, and is mainly used to treat waist and knee soreness and other symptoms.