Ophiocephalus Argus, a valuable nourishing fish in South China

The snakehead (Channaasiatica) belongs to Perciformes, Perciformes, Cephalidae and Ophiocephalus. Commonly known as: seven-star fish, mountain flower fish, mountain grouper, scale fish, star fish; Guangxi: star fish, Zhang male fish; Taiwan: the right generation. English name: Snakehead,Chinafish. Shaped like a snakehead. The head is large and broad, the kiss is short and round, the mouth is large, and the nasal tube is thick, extending forward over the upper lip. The scales are larger, the scales on the top of the head are enlarged but irregular, and the scales on the side of the head are also larger. The dorsal and anal fins are long; the pectoral and caudal fins are round; there are no ventral fins. The body margin is black or even gray-black, and the abdomen is gray-white. There are two black longitudinal bands on the posterior side of the eye, extending to the Gill cover, the upper band and curved to the base of the pectoral fin, 7-9 "human"-shaped transverse bands with the tip forward on the side of the body, and a black eye spot on the base of the caudal fin. The whole body is covered with bead bright spots, and the dorsal fin and anal fin each have multiple rows of pearl bright spots, especially in males.

Ophiocephalus Argus is a wide-temperature fish with strong adaptability. The living water temperature is 1-38 ℃, the feeding water temperature is 12-32 ℃, the growth water temperature is 13-30 ℃, and the optimum growth water temperature is 15-25 ℃. He has the habit of living in darkness, burrowing, burrowing, gathering and eating remnants. Like to live in mountain streams, but also live in rivers, ditches and ponds and other water bodies. Ferocious, rapid action, for animal omnivorous fish, to fish, shrimp, aquatic insects and other food, in artificial domestication conditions, like to eat formula feed and frozen fresh fish. The age of first sexual maturity is 2 winter age, the farmed fish is 1 winter age, and the relative number of eggs is about 500. The reproductive period is from April to June, the spawning period is from May to July, and the breeding water temperature is 18-28 ℃. The parent fish have the instinct of pairing, nesting and protecting young. It is distributed in various river systems in the south of the Yangtze River, and it is relatively common in the upper reaches. The growth is slow, the individual is not big, the weight is generally about 250 grams, but the nutrition is rich, the meat is tender, the taste is delicious, and has the medicinal value of promoting muscle and promoting blood circulation, the masses like it better than snakehead, and sell well in South China, Hong Kong, Macao and Southeast Asia.