Life habits of stone fish, spring fish and wheat fish

The Lushan stone fish from Jiujiang, Jiangxi, the spring fish from Yangxin, Hubei, and the wheat fish from Dongzhi, Anhui have been the treasures of the tribute court since ancient times. They are famous both at home and abroad for their tender meat, delicious taste.

Stone fish, spring fish and wheat fish all have slender bodies, generally only 20-30 mm long, with gray-white body color, round front part and flat rear part. They have a short flood season and low yield, making them highly sought-after wonders.

Stone fish, spring fish and wheat fish are actually the juveniles of the ctenophorus goby. Stone fish are found in Shahe River, spring fish are found in Fushui River, and wheat fish are found in Zhangxi River. Ctenopharynx gobies spawn in lakes affiliated with rivers from April to May every year. Young fish hatched for 2-4 months have the habit of swimming in groups when their body length is 10-40 mm. It is midsummer at this time. After heavy rains, flash floods descend, the river water rises sharply, and the flow speed accelerates. At this time, young fish flock from the affiliated lakes along the river into the small river, gather in groups and swim upstream along both sides of the river, and continue to devour everything from Aquatic insects and plankton washed down by mountain streams. During the day, it slowly forges against the current, and at night, it sinks to the bottom of the water and uses its sucker-shaped pectoral fins to cling to the gravel or hide in stone gaps to rest. When they grow to 40 mm, they disperse and live in rock crevices. Based on the upstream swimming habits of juvenile goby fish, fishermen use fishing gear woven from bamboo strips to catch them, either freshly sun-dried or baked, to make golden yellow and slightly transparent dried fish for export, and they are also made fresh in the place of origin. Food.

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