Is a doll fish a fish?

Baby fish scientific name giant salamander, giant salamander is China's specialty of a precious wild animal, because its night cry like a baby crying, so commonly known as "baby fish". So, is dollfish a fish?

Is a baby fish a fish?

Baby fish is not fish, is an amphibian, breathing with gills in the water, lungs and skin outside the water, skin only mucous membrane, no scale cover, often inhabit streams, ponds and other places.

Second, the eating habits of baby fish

1. Baby fish are ferocious by nature and are carnivores, whether they are fish, shrimp, crabs, snakes, rats, shellfish or birds, so they are easy to feed.

two。 Baby fish are carnivores, which are generally swallowed and digested slowly in the stomach, so they have a strong ability to endure hunger. When they grow in clear water, they will not starve to death without eating for two or three years, but they will also overeat at the same time, and the weight can be increased by 1 million after overeating. In addition, the same kind of food will be eaten when there is a shortage of food, so make sure that there is enough food when feeding.

3. Baby fish have miscellaneous eating habits and eat artificial feed in addition to meat, but in general, the food intake is the highest when the water temperature is 18 degrees 23 degrees Celsius, and when the water temperature is above 26 degrees Celsius, the food intake will gradually decrease, so it can be fed every four or five days in spring, every two or three days in summer, every four or five days in autumn, and every other week in winter, and the feeding amount is about 24% of the body weight.

Third, the habitat of baby fish

The life of dollfish is relatively unique, generally in streams, rivers and lakes with fast currents, cool water quality, lush vegetation, many cracks and caves, and sometimes among tree roots or fallen tree trunks on the shore, and choose to live in caves at the mouth of the beach with reflux, each cave usually has only one. The depth of the hole varies, the mouth of the hole is slightly larger than its body, the hole is spacious, there is enough space for it to swing, and the bottom of the hole is relatively flat or with fine sand.

Wild baby fish belong to the second-class key protected animals in China, which cannot be captured, hunted, sold or eaten, but it is not illegal to eat baby fish of more than two generations of artificial breeding, so we must pay attention when buying them.