Often live in the river bend waters with slow water flow, deep water depth and many stones. During the day, they often lurk underwater or in crevices, and go out to look for food at night. When foraging, it also moves in the middle and lower layers of water; Overwintering in the gravel crevices in the deep water of the main stream in winter.
It mainly feeds on aquatic insects and its larvae, crustaceans, small mollusks and small fish. The Liaohe River, Huaihe River, Yangtze River, Minjiang River and Pearl River are distributed in the east of China and the west of Korea, with the Yangtze River as the main water system.
Species culture
As early as the Song Dynasty, snooker billiards was well known to people, and Su Dongpo was full of praise for its delicacy. He wrote a poem "The Unique Play of Catfish", comparing it with puffer fish and shad. "There is no bone in the powder stone, and the white puffer fish does not cure the patient. Send it to God and Hebo, why not ask for a draft? " .
"The Legend of Different Fish" also said: "You swim fish, puffer fish medicine people, when the fish is bony, and the two beauties are not poisonous, the white powder is beautiful, the western beauty is overflowing, and the water sheep is cooked."
"Compendium of Materia Medica" has a detailed record of its name: "Fish, tone mast, silver carp (sound echo), snakehead (variable gain two tones), (fish fruit) fish, fish lean (fish), people in the north call it silver carp, and people in the south call it silver carp.
(Fish Fruit) has changed its tune again. The Qin people call it "fish depends on fish". He was born between the Yangtze River and Huaihe River. He is scaleless and belongs to the genus Acipenser. The head, tail, body and fins are all like sturgeon, but the nose is short, the mouth and eyes are also under the chin, and the bones are not soft or brittle. The abdomen is like a catfish, with fleshy fins on the back and forked tail. "There is also a famous collection of poems:" A fish is as big as a catfish, with yellow and white colors and fleshy fins on its back. Qin people call it scaleless fish. "
In the upper reaches of the river, long snooker is also called "underwater sheep", such as "Jiangtuan, an underwater sheep, which has no scale and fat, but is easy to lose". "chubby, scaleless, like silver carp, with a sharp kiss on the head, less bones than silver carp, but crisp and beautiful, produced in conch piles. The natives are famous for their underwater sheep, which is especially delicious." "Qi, a swaying fish, (sound), an underwater sheep, is also a fake puffer fish today."
"Hui fish, an underwater sheep, Dongpo has Hui fish poems." "Carp, born in the middle of the river, has no scales and bones, which is recited in Su Shi's poems." "Jiangjiadu and Honghuashan have so-called river bream, with round head, small mouth, thin eyes, yellow color, no armor, fat and treasures in fish." Jiangtuan, which looks like silver carp, has a round head, yellowish and white skin, tender meat and delicious taste. It is produced in Longmenchang, Zhidong Yu and Qushui House in Qingju.