The living habits and nutritional value of Shaguzi fine-scaled pomfret

Xenocypris microlepis belongs to the order Cypriniformes, family Cyprinidae, subfamily Xenocypris, and genus Xenocypris. Commonly known as: Shaguzi, yellow slices, and yellow croaker.

The sides of the body are flat, the starting point of the dorsal fin is higher, the body is slightly thicker, and the abdomen has ventral ribs from the base of the pelvic fin to the anus. The head is small, the snout is blunt, the mouth is positioned downward, the transverse cleft is formed, and the horny edge of the mandible is relatively developed. The dorsal fin has a smooth hard spine, the scales are small, and the lateral line scales are 74-84. The back of the body is grayish brown, the belly is silvery white, the anal fin is light yellow, the caudal fin is orange, and the trailing edge is black gray.

It generally inhabits the middle and lower layers of water bodies. It is usually together with other fish species of the genus Podium, dispersed and looking for food. From April to June, when flash floods occur and the water level rises, reproductive fish flocks swim upstream to the rapids on the gravel river bank to lay eggs. In winter, they live in groups in deep water bodies of open lakes, feeding mainly on branches and leaves of aquatic higher plants, diatoms and filamentous algae, followed by aquatic insects, zooplankton and other humus in the water.

Widely distributed in Heilongjiang, Yangtze River, Pearl River and other water systems and streams along the southeast coast.

Silver bream (Xenocypris argentea) is commonly known as: secret bream, silver trevally, and water bream. Compared with other fish species of the genus Pogo, the main difference in its morphology is the 53-64 lateral line scales; the tail fin is dark gray. Distributed in Heilongjiang, Yellow River, Yangtze River, Pearl River, Yuanjiang River and various streams in the southeast.

Yellow tail pomfret (Xenocypris davidi) is commonly known as: yellow tail, yellow slice, yellow nugget, and cucumber fish. The main difference in its shape is the lateral line scales 63-68; the caudal fin is yellow. Distributed in the Yellow River, Yangtze River, Pearl River and various streams in the southeast.

The fish of the genus Podium are widely distributed, grow fast, have strong fecundity and are rich in resources. Among them, the growth rate and individual size of the fine-scaled pomfret are faster than other species, and the maximum individual weight can reach 3.5 kilograms; while the yellow-tailed pomfret is smaller. In recent years, pomfret fish have been artificially cultured in large quantities and are one of the important economic fish species in my country. The meat of the pomfret fish is tender and delicious, and is very popular among people. The disadvantage is that there are many small spines.

The whole fish is used as medicine, which has the effect of warming and stopping diarrhea. It is mainly used to treat diarrhea due to cold stomach.

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