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What's the difference between an eel and an eel?
Eel and eel are similar in appearance, but very different. Eel and eel are basically two different kinds of fish, and the nutritional value and health care efficacy of eel and eel are completely different.

1, there are essential differences between Monopterus albus and Monopterus albus.

Eel refers to the general name of species belonging to eel classification. Eel is a snake-like fish, but it has no scales. It is generally found in the waters bordering fresh water in Yuxian County.

Monopterus albus belongs to Syngnathidae, Syngnathidae and Monopterus albus. Also known as eel, mackerel, eel, snake fish, blood eel, common fish and long fish (northern Jiangsu).

2. Eels and eels live in different environments.

Monopterus albus often lives in the mud bottom of rice fields, rivers, streams, ponds, canals and lakes. , produced in all parts of China, especially in the Yangtze River valley of China, Liaoning and Tianjin.

Eels like to live in clean and pollution-free waters and are the purest aquatic creatures in the world. Eels grow in rivers on land, and when they mature, they migrate to spawning sites in the ocean to lay eggs. They only lay eggs once in their lives and die after laying eggs.

3. Eel and Monopterus albus have different nutritional values.

Eel has the functions of tonifying deficiency, nourishing blood, eliminating dampness and resisting tuberculosis, and is a good nutrition for patients with chronic illness, anemia and tuberculosis.

Monopterus albus has the functions of enriching blood, invigorating qi, diminishing inflammation, disinfecting and expelling wind and dampness. Monopterus albus has certain medicinal value.

Extended data:

Monopterus albus is slender, cylindrical and snake-shaped, with a body length of about 20.70 cm and the longest length of 1 m, with a flat front and back and a pointed tail.

The head is enlarged, long and round, and the cheeks are raised. Big mouth, end position, short and flat kiss; The mouth is open at the snout and obliquely cracked; The upper jaw is slightly prominent and the lips are quite developed.

The larva of eel is about 6 cm long and weighs 0. 1 g, but its head is narrow, its body is tall, thin and transparent as leaves, so it is called "willow fish". Its body fluid is almost the same as seawater, so it can be transported over a long distance by ocean currents with no effort.

References:

Monopterus albus-Baidu encyclopedia

Eel-Baidu Encyclopedia