Flounder

Flounder

(dietotherapy materia medica)

[synonym] sturgeon (compendium), pointed head (ichthyology).

[source] it is the meat of Paralichthys olivaceus.

[animal morphology] Paralichthys olivaceus

The body is very long, slightly flattened, and the abdomen is round. The first half of the head is slender, slightly tubular, and the snout is flat and flat, like a duck's beak. The mandible inclines upward and is longer than the maxilla, and the end of the maxilla reaches below the anterior edge of the eye. The length of the head behind the eye is 2-2.5 times that of the snout. Hypopharyngeal teeth 1 line, slender. The scales are laterally curved, and the ventral lines are small. Dorsal fin Ⅲ 8, without hard spines, starting from behind the ventral fin. Gluteal fin Ⅲ 9-11. The caudal fin bifurcates deeply and the tip of the lower lobe is longer than that of the upper lobe. The back is dark gray, the abdomen and the lower half of both sides are silver white, the pectoral fin is light red, the dorsal fin and caudal fin are gray, the abdominal fin and gluteal fin are gray, the caudal fin is black, and there is a slight black longitudinal line above the lateral line. It is a large and ferocious fish in the river.

It lives in the middle and lower layers of water and mainly feeds on fish. He has the habit of wandering in the rivers and lakes. The oviposition period is from April to July. It is distributed in Minjiang River, Yangtze River and its tributaries.

[nature and taste] 1. "

② "Gangmu": "Gan, Ping, non-toxic. "

[functions and indications] dietotherapy materia medica: "tonifying the five zang organs, benefiting the muscles and bones, and harmonizing the spleen and stomach. "