The difference between green fish and saury

Green fish and saury are both fish that live in the sea. Many people think that they are the same. In fact, there is a difference between them. So, what are the differences between the green fish and the saury?

Difference one, different families and genera: green fish is perch, mackerel family, mackerel fish. Saury is a kind of fish of jaw needle fish, bamboo saury family, saury, because of its slender shape, the production season is named in autumn.

Second, the body size is different: the green fish is stout and slightly flat, and the shape is spindle-shaped; the saury is slender and elongated, and the shape is rod-shaped.

Third, the body color is different: the back of the green fish is bluish black or dark blue, the side of the body is irregular dark blue insect etching, the abdomen is white and slightly yellow, the pectoral fin is light black, the anal fin is light pink, and the other fins are light yellow. The back of the fish is dark blue, the abdomen is silver gray, there is a silver blue longitudinal band in the center of the body, the pectoral fin is light gray, the anal fin and ventral fin are white, and the dorsal fin, small fin and caudal fin are grayish brown.

Fourth, the teeth are different: the fish mouth is large, the upper and lower jaws are equal, each has a row of fine teeth, plough bone and cross bone have teeth; the lower jaw of saury fish is slightly longer than the upper jaw, the two jaw teeth are weak, arranged in a row, plough bone, palatine bone, no teeth on the tongue.

Fifth, the dorsal fin is different: there are 2 dorsal fins of the green fish, which are far apart, the first dorsal fin is 90.10, the second dorsal fin is opposite to the anal fin, and there are 5 small fins at the back and 5-6 small fins at the back of the saury.

Sixth, the distribution is different: green fish is distributed in the western North Pacific Ocean, China, Korea, Japan and the Russian far East, as far north as the Okhotsk Sea. Saury is mainly distributed in the temperate waters of the northern Pacific Ocean, including the Sea of Japan, Alaska, Bering Sea, California, Mexico and other waters.