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What kind of fish is a bone fish and where does it live?

Lydia Rodarte-Quayle
2021-01-14 23:56:24
Bone fish are also called hairy bone fish and cliff fish. Their heads are relatively large, bearded, scaleless, black on the back, white on the abdomen, and small spots. The length of adult bone fish is 40-50 cm, and the weight is 4-5 kg. Bone fish belongs to freshwater fish, mainly living in Guangxi Province, especially in the Lijiang River Basin, inhabiting caves at the bottom of the waters. Bone fish are phytophagous, feeding on the surrounding moss and mud in the cave.
What kind of fish is a bone fish and where does it live?

1. What

is bone fish? Bone fish, also known as "hairy bone fish" and "cliff fish", is one of the fish living in China. They have large heads and whiskers near their mouths, and their bodies are not covered with scales. Their backs are black, their bellies are white, and there are some smaller spots. The size of bone fish is not particularly large, the body length of adult bone fish is between 40-50 centimeters, and the weight is generally between 4-5 kilograms.

From the point of view of living environment, bone fish is a kind of freshwater fish, and its main distribution area is China. However, they are not distributed in all parts of our country, but mainly live in Guangxi Province, more in the waters of the Lijiang River, and rarely distributed in other places. From the point of view of feeding habits, bone fish is a kind of herbivorous fish, their staple food is moss, in addition, they can also use some mud in the surrounding environment as food. Bone fish is also a kind of edible fish, and they have very few bones, and the meat quality and taste are better.

2. Where does the bone fish live? As mentioned

above, the bone fish is a freshwater fish and lives in freshwater fish. Specifically, the main distribution waters of bone fish are in Guangxi Province, especially in Guilin and Yangshuo, which can be regarded as a specialty. From the basin point of view, the number of bone fish living in the Lijiang River in Guangxi is relatively large, but the number of bone fish living in other waters is relatively small. Bone fish often live in caves at the bottom of the water, using the surrounding plants as their food, and sometimes eating mud in the caves.

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