Difference Between Blackfish and Catfish

Black fish is a common edible fish in China, with individual large, fast growth, high economic value of breeding characteristics, catfish with catfish, also known as soil catfish, is the most widely distributed fish in the catfish family, more species, many people think that black fish and catfish are the same kind of fish, let's take a look at the difference between black fish and catfish!

Black fish and catfish have different nicknames.

1. Blackfish: Blackfish is commonly known as snakehead, also known as black mullet, raw fish, wealth fish, snake fish, fire fish, etc., distributed in all major river systems in China, as well as in the Korean Peninsula and Japan.

2. Catfish: the nicknames of catfish are pond lice, silver carp, slime fish, pond fish, raw fish, live fish and so on, which are distributed all over the world.

Black fish and catfish have different families and genera.

1. Black fish: black fish belong to the animal kingdom, phylum Chordata, Radioptera, Perciformes, Coleoptera, Lepidoptera, Lepidoptera.

2. Catfish: catfish belong to the subphylum Vertebrata, phylum Chordata, subphylum Vertebrata, class radioptera, catfish, catfish family and catfish.

The difference in appearance between black fish and catfish

1. Black fish: the front part of the black fish is cylindrical, the back is flat, the body color is grayish black, the back and the top of the head are dark, the abdomen is light white, there are irregular black patches on each side of the body, there are 2 rows of black markings on each side of the head, the dorsal fin is quite long, almost connected to the caudal fin, without hard spines, it begins above the base of the pectoral fin and the ventral fin is short.

2, catfish: catfish adult beard 2 to 4, the upper jaw can be as deep as the end of the pectoral fin, the lower jaw is shorter, the juvenile period is 3 pairs, when the body length is about 60 mm, a pair of chin whiskers begin to disappear, mucus, no scales, the dorsal fin is very small, no hard thorns, there are 4 to 6 fins, no fat fin, long anal fin, the back end is connected to the caudal fin, the body color is usually dark brown or grayish black, slightly dark cloud-like plaques.

The difference of efficacy between black fish and catfish

1. Black fish: the black fish is cold and tastes sweet, returning to the spleen and stomach meridian, with the effects of tonifying the spleen and promoting diuresis, removing blood stasis and giving birth to new, clearing heat, etc., and mainly treats edema, damp arthralgia, beriberi, hemorrhoids, scabies and other diseases.

2. Catfish: catfish tastes sweet, warm in nature, and has the effects of tonifying Yiyang, promoting urination and treating edema, but it should not be eaten together with beef and sheep oil, beef liver, venison, wild boar, pheasant and traditional Chinese medicine Schizonepeta tenuifolia.