Lipid cyprinidae? Charophyceae? Fat carp? angler

The picture below shows short-covered fat carp? Short pomfret, commonly known as red pomfret.

(The same family as piranha, but the teeth are obviously different)

Except the lower edge of the chest and gill cover, pectoral fin and gluteal fin are red, the rest are silver, with light black spots above the lateral line. There are teeth in the mouth, but not as big as other carnivorous species, and the anal fin and caudal fin have black edges. The body length can reach 88 cm.

Freshwater pomfret is an omnivorous fish with a developed digestive system. It has an enlarged stomach and pyloric sac like a carnivorous fish. It not only feeds on animal feeds such as small fish, shrimp and benthos, but also feeds on plant feeds such as aquatic plants, vegetables and algae. In the fry stage, it mainly feeds on unicellular algae such as diatom and dinoflagellate and zooplankton such as rotifer, cladocera and copepod. When the total length is more than 7 cm, its food composition is mainly various plant debris and feed. Therefore, plankton is the main food in the fry stage.

It has the characteristics of miscellaneous eating habits, fast growth, big size, less diseases, easy fishing, less thick meat, delicious taste and rich nutrition. It is a valuable fish in expanding the pond culture objects and increasing the yield per unit area, and can also be used as an ornamental fish in the juvenile stage. Freshwater pomfret was introduced to Taiwan Province Province, China in 1982. After artificial propagation, it began to be popularized in freshwater fish ponds. 1985 was introduced from Taiwan Province province to Guangdong province for trial planting, and 1987 was successfully propagated artificially. Later, it was gradually popularized throughout the country and became one of the famous and special varieties with the highest annual output.