What kind of fish is a giant fish? Six differences between silver carp and silver carp!

The scientific name of big-headed fish is bighead carp, also known as fat-headed fish, silver carp, yellow silver carp, black silver carp, pine fish, silver carp, bighead head silver carp, etc., is one of the four famous domestic fish in China; because the fish head is big and fat, the meat is snow-white and delicate, it is the first choice of fish head hot pot. So, what is the big-headed fish?

What kind of fish is a big-headed fish?

The main results are as follows: 1. The big head fish belongs to the family Cyprinidae and Aristichthys bighead, with a flat side, a large and fat head, accounting for 1/3 of the body length, small eyes, no need, small scales, long chest fins, grayish black on the upper part of the body, grayish white on the abdomen, and many light yellow and black irregular spots on both sides.

2. Bighead fish are pelagic fishes, which mainly live in the middle and upper layers of water, and they are widely distributed in freshwater basins in China. In Xinjiang and Mongolia, there is a species commonly known as "bighead fish", that is, flat snout. Because it is extremely precious, it has been listed as an endangered species by the state in 1988.

3. Bighead fish are filter-feeding fishes, which mainly eat zooplankton and protozoa such as rotifer, cladocera, copepod (such as Cyclopsylla), as well as some phytoplankton (such as diatoms and cyanobacteria) and artificial fodder. It has a cleaning effect on water quality, so it is called "scavenger in the water".

4. Bighead fish are fast-growing fish. under the condition of adequate feed, 1-year-old fish can weigh up to 0.8-1 kg, while individuals of more than 10 kg can usually be seen in natural rivers and lakes, with the largest up to 50 kg.

5. Turtle fish is a fish with fresh meat flavor, which can be cooked by burning, stewing, steaming, oil immersion and other methods, especially steaming and oil immersion. Because its head is large and contains a lot of fat and colloid, steaming and oil immersion can best reflect its light and fresh characteristics.

6. The big head fish is a fish with high nutritional value, which is rich in various nutritional elements, such as warming the stomach, dispelling head dizziness, tonifying brain marrow, tonifying deficiency and fatigue, soothing the liver and relieving depression, invigorating the spleen and lung, dispelling wind and cold, and tonifying muscles and bones. it is suitable for people with weak physique, spleen and stomach deficiency and malnutrition.

Second, what is the difference between big head fish and silver carp?

Big head fish and silver carp are very similar in shape, many people will admit that they are wrong, here is to introduce the difference between them.

Difference 1, different species: both are one of the four famous domestic fish in China, both are animal kingdom, phylum Chordata, bony fishes, cyprinid and cyprinid fishes, but the big head fish are bighead carp and bighead carp, while silver carp are silver carp and silver carp.

Difference 2, the body surface is different: both are similar in shape, both are flat on the side, but the upper part of the body of the big-headed fish is gray-black, the abdomen is gray-white, and there are spots on both sides of the abdomen, while the silver carp is white on both sides and abdomen, and the back is bluish gray, without markings.

Difference 3, the fish head is different: both fish heads are larger, but the big head fish head is larger and fat, accounting for 1/3 of the body length, while the silver carp head is not so large, about 1/4 of the body length.

Difference 4, the food is different: both are filter-feeding fish, and both live in the middle and upper layers of the water, but the big head fish mainly feed on zooplankton, while silver carp feed mainly on phytoplankton.

Difference 5, the content is different: because the food of the two is different, the content of muscle is also different, so the protein content of big head fish is higher than that of silver carp, and the content of fat and cholesterol of silver carp is very low, while the fat content of silver carp is higher than that of big head fish. it is also rich in glial protein.

Difference 6, the delicious parts are different: the beauty of the big head fish lies in the head, the fish head is big and fat, and the meat is snow-white and tender, which is the preferred material for the fish head hot pot; while the beauty of silver carp is in the abdomen, the fish meat is soft and delicate, but the thorns are small and many.

Big-headed fish is also bighead carp, is pelagic fish, filter-feeding fish, its growth rate is very fast; its head is very large and fat, the meat is white and tender, and the nutritional value is also very high, so it is the first choice of fish head hot pot; it looks similar to silver carp, and there are six ways to distinguish them from each other.