Life habits and nutritional value of bream-like fish

Pseudobrama simoni belongs to the order Cypriniformes, family Cyprinidae, subfamily Pseudobrama simoni, and genus Pseudobrama simoni. Commonly known as: Niyu, thorny bream, flat neck, bream and Diao.

The sides of the body are flat, the back is high, the abdomen is round, and there is a very narrow ventral rib from the base of the pelvic fin to the front of the anus. The head is short, the snout is round and blunt, the mouth is lower, transversely cleft, and the lips are thin. The horny edge of the mandible is underdeveloped. The dorsal fin has smooth spines. The scales are larger, and there is a narrow and long axillary scale at the base of the pelvic fin. The back and upper side of the body are grayish brown, and the lower side and abdomen are silvery white. The dorsal fin and caudal fin are light gray, the bases of the pelvic fin and pectoral fin are light yellow, and the anal fin is grayish white.

Like breams, they live in the middle and lower layers of the water. They usually live in the lower reaches of rivers and lakes. During the reproductive season, they like to swim upstream and enter rivers with a certain flowing water environment to breed. Sexual maturity occurs very early. Generally, the female fish begins to mature when its body is 11 cm long in one winter. Eggs are laid between May and June. It feeds on algae, fragments of higher plants, and occasionally cladocerans, copepods, and crustaceans.

The bream-like fish is distributed in the main branches and tributaries of the Yangtze River, Yellow River, Haihe River and other water systems and affiliated lakes.

The bream is a small fish common in rivers and lakes. Although the individuals are not large, they reproduce quickly and in large numbers. They are generally treated as small miscellaneous fish.

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