Bamboo fish

Bamboo fish

(compendium)

[synonym] foot fish (Yilin zuanyao), wild mud carp (China economic zoology? Freshwater edge).

[source] it is the meat of mud carp (Cyprinidae).

[animal morphology] mud carp

Body length, slightly lateral, ca. 40 cm. The upper lip is covered by the upper lip, and the upper lip is covered by the upper lip. The lower lip is separated from the mandible. The edge of the lower lip is also fine toothed. There are many small protrusions on the inner edge of the free part. 2 pairs of whiskers, but the snout sometimes degenerates. Three lines of hypopharyngeal teeth. The scales are large and the lateral scales are 43-46. Mackerel III 10-13, without hard spines, starts before the abdominal mackerel. Anal fin Ⅲ 5. The back of the body is bluish black with green, the scales on the back and both sides are purple green metallic flash, and often mixed with red spots, the abdomen is white with yellow, and the fins are gray black.

Most of them live in rapids and streams. It mainly feeds on algae such as moss, diatom and filamentous algae. The spawning period is from May to June. It is distributed in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River and its tributaries, as well as the upper reaches of the Pearl River.

[nature and taste] Yilin zuanyao: "sweet, warm. "

[function indications] Compendium: "harmonizing, benefiting qi, eliminating dampness. "