minnow

minnow

(compendium)

[synonyms] tarsi, Hei ('erya '), white minnow ('maoshijian'), Shenyu, routiai ('eryayi '),'yuyu ('gangmu'), baipiaozi ('fish in Heilongjiang Basin '), and'minnow ('freshwater fish' in Chinese economic zoology).

[source] it is the meat of minnow.

Minnows

The body is long and thin, the side is flat, the back is almost straight, and the abdomen is slightly convex. From the base of pectoral fin to anus, there are obvious ventral ribs. Body length about 15 cm, head pointed, slightly triangular. The cleft of the mouth inclines upward. The eyes are in the front of the head. Gill harrow 15-18. The hypopharyngeal teeth are 3-row, conical, with a sharp and hooked end. The lateral line scales 45-57. The lateral line bends down suddenly at an obvious angle above the posterior part of the base of the pectoral fin. Dorsal fin Ⅲ 7, with smooth hard spines, about 2 / 3 of the head length. The origin of dorsal fin is behind and above the origin of abdominal fin. The pectoral fin does not reach the ventral fin; the ventral fin does not reach the anus. Gluteal fin Ⅲ 11-14. The caudal fin bifurcates deeply, and the lower lobe is slightly longer than the upper lobe. The back of the body is light bluish gray, the sides and abdomen are silvery white, the edge of the caudal fin is gray black, and the other fins are light yellow.

They live in rivers and lakes. From spring to autumn, they often like to swim in the coastal waters and move quickly. The food is mainly algae, higher plant debris, crustaceans and insects. The spawning period is from May to July. In winter, it is submerged in deep water. It is widely distributed in rivers and lakes in the north and south of China.

[nature and taste] Compendium: "sweet, warm, non-toxic. "

[Guijing] Ben Cao Qiu Zhen: "enter the intestine, stomach and heart. "

[function and indications] Compendium: "warm stomach, stop cold diarrhea. "