Silver carp and bighead carp are collectively called. Bighead carp is also called silver carp, chub head fish, Baotou fish, bighead carp, silver carp, and some are also called male fish. It looks like a silver carp. Side flat. It is a freshwater fish. The head is large and wide, and the length is about 1/3 of the body length. The mouth is also very wide and slightly upturned. Low eye position. Bighead carp filters algae, zooplankton and organic garbage.
Bighead carp is called a plankton-eating fish, which feeds on algae, zooplankton and organic debris through gill rakes. The food composition varies with the food sources in the environment, but it is difficult to feed on food particles smaller than < < 10um.
Habits of silver carp
Silver carp and silver carp have similar habits. They are all filter-feeding fish, but silver carp mainly feed on phytoplankton, while silver carp feed on zooplankton.
It is precisely because of this habit that silver carp preys on zooplankton in fish ponds, reservoirs and rivers, so it is also called "underwater scavenger". They prey on a large number of these plankton in the water, which plays a very good role in purifying the water quality.