Megalobrama amblycephala

Megalobrama amblycephala

(dietotherapy materia medica)

[synonyms] bream (daily herb), flat breasted bream (vertebrate taxonomy), Faroe (fish in Heilongjiang River Basin).

[source] it is the meat of Megalobrama amblycephala.

[animal morphology] Megalobrama amblycephala

The body is about 50 cm long, 2.2-2.8 times of the body height. The head is very small. The mouth is small, end-to-end, the cleft is inclined, the upper and lower jaw are equal in length, the upper cover has hard cutin, but it is also easy to fall off. In the lateral position, the distance to the rostrum is closer than the distance to the posterior edge of the operculum. Three lines of hypopharyngeal teeth. Gill harrow 17-22, mostly 18-21. Lateral scales 50-60. The distance from the starting point to the rostrum is smaller than that to the base of the caudal fin, with strong and smooth spines; the height of the dorsal fin is significantly longer than that of the head. The pectoral fin just reaches the base of the ventral fin. The ventral fin extends only to the anus, and there is a prominent ventral ridge between the base of the ventral fin and the anus. The anal fin is 3, 24-32, mostly 26-28, without spines, starting below the vertical line at the base of dorsal fin. The lower lobe is longer than the upper lobe. The back of the head and the back of the body are deep, the side is gray with light green color, the abdomen is white, and the fins are gray black.

They live in rivers and lakes. It usually lives in the middle and lower layers of water. The main food is Vallisneria, Hydrilla verticillata, debris of molluscs and lake bottom plants, filamentous green algae, freshwater sponge, etc. The spawning period is from May to June. At this time, both sexes have pearl stars. It is distributed in Heilongjiang, Yangtze, Zhujiang, Qiantang and Minjiang rivers and Dongting Lake, Poyang Lake and Liangzi Lake.

[nature and taste] ① daily use materia medica: "it tastes sweet and flat. "

② "Gangmu": sweet, warm, non-toxic.

[Guijing] compendium of materia medica: "entering the foot yangmingjing. "

[function indications] "dietotherapy Materia Medica": "regulate stomach qi, benefit five Zang, and eat it with mustard sauce, help lung qi, eliminate stomach and family tradition. Those who don't melt away from the valley can serve as food, help their temper, and make them edible. "

[taboo] "dietotherapy Materia Medica" says: "those suffering from malnutrition should not eat. "