Is the belt fish a deep-sea fish?

The belt fish is a migratory fish with a very miscellaneous and gluttonous diet, sometimes cannibalizing each other, and has the habit of vertical movement day and night. During the day, it lives in the middle and lower layers of the ocean, and at night it is active at the bottom of the sea. It is mainly distributed in the western Pacific Ocean and Indian Ocean. It can be seen in all coastal provinces of China. Let's take a look at whether the belt fish is a deep sea fish.

Is the belt fish a deep-sea fish?

Hairtail is not a deep-sea fish. The middle and lower fishes with a water depth of more than 200 meters are usually called deep-sea fish. the belt fish are warm middle-and lower-layer swimming fishes, which inhabit the muddy seafloor at a depth of 60-100 meters. they feed on hairy shrimp, squid and all kinds of fish, sink to the depths during the day and float on the surface at night, so the belt fish is not a deep-sea fish.

Is belt fish seafood?

Belt fish is seafood. Belt fish is mainly distributed in the western Pacific Ocean and Indian Ocean, and is distributed in China's Yellow Sea, East China Sea, Bohai Sea and South China Sea. It is called China's four major seafood along with Pseudosciaena Crocea, small yellow croaker and squid.

Species distribution of belt fish

1. Fork-tailed deep-sea belt fish: the body of the fork-tailed deep-sea belt fish is very extended, flattened on the side, the tail is extremely long, tapering backward, but the end is not slender whip-shaped, the head is narrow and long, the back of the head is straight, the front end is sharp, the snout tip is long, the eyes are large, the mouth is large, straight, the lower jaw is longer than the maxilla, the teeth are developed and sharp, the side is flat and sharp, and the arrangement is sparse. There are three pairs of barb-like canines in the front of the upper jaw. It is distributed in the waters between 45 °N-30 °S in India, Pacific region and Atlantic region.

2. Pu's narrow cranial belt fish: the narrow skull belt fish mainly inhabits near the undersea ridge and occasionally swims near the sea. It feeds on medium and large fish, such as big-eyed sea bream and round scad, and is distributed in Morisis in the western Indian Ocean and Ryukyu in Japan in the northwest Pacific Ocean. Taiwan's small Ryukyu once caught young fish.

3. Strip narrow skull belt fish: strip narrow skull belt fish is a bottom oceanic migratory fish, which mainly lives near the steep slope of the continental shed and occasionally swims offshore, feeding on medium and large fish such as big-eyed sea bream and round scad. It is distributed in the Caribbean of the western Atlantic, the outer sea of southern Brazil and the Ryukyu of Japan and the East China Sea in the northwest Pacific Ocean. It has been caught in eastern Taiwan.

4. Sand belt fish: the habitat depth of sand belt fish can reach 100 meters, lack ventral fin and caudal fin, the color is steel blue with metal reflection, white sharp part, anal margin is pale, usually caudal fin membrane is white, jaw tip and black, Gill cover and the front part of shoulder belt are light black, body length can reach 100 cm, inhabit the coast, it is carnivorous, feed on crustaceans, squid, fish, etc., can be used as food fish. Distributed in the northern coast of the Indian Ocean, east to Australia, north to Japan's Ryukyu, South China Sea, Taiwan Strait and other waters.

5. Japanese belt fish: Japanese belt fish, also known as leucorrhea, thin belt, etc., are bottom migratory fish in warm waters, generally inhabiting coastal waters near muddy sand or muddy continental sheds, and distributed in the northwest Pacific Ocean. From Japan, Taiwan, the mainland coast to the South China Sea near Hong Kong, it is produced all over Taiwan.

6. South China Sea belt fish: South China Sea belt fish is a bottom migratory fish in warm waters, generally inhabiting near muddy sand muddy waters, with a water depth of 60-100 meters, distributed in the western Pacific Ocean, including Taiwan of China, the Philippines, South China Sea and so on. Taiwan of China is mainly distributed in the southwest, south, southeast and Penghu waters.