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What kind of fish is Megalobrama amblycephala? Where does it grow?

Marie Schrader
2021-01-21 14:01:45
Megalobrama amblycephala belongs to the genus Megalobrama of the family Cyprinidae, order Cypriniformes. Their bodies are tall and flat, with large eyes and scales on the surface of their bodies. Their bodies are bluish grey, their underparts are silvery grey, and their fins are darker. Megalobrama amblycephala is a freshwater fish, which widely lives in freshwater in China and likes to inhabit the bottom of muddy and aquatic waters. Megalobrama amblycephala is an omnivorous fish that can eat aquatic plants and a variety of small animals. They are also farmed fish that grow faster in freshwater.
What kind of fish is Megalobrama amblycephala? Where does it grow?

1. What

is Megalobrama amblycephala? Megalobrama amblycephala is also known as "Wuchang fish" and "contracted fish". In terms of classification, Megalobrama amblycephala belongs to the genus Megalobrama of Cyprinidae of Cypriniformes. This kind of fish has a tall body and a flat shape. The head is small and flat, and the eyes are large. Their body surface is covered with a layer of scales, the color of the middle of the scale is lighter, and the color of the edge is darker. Their body color is bluish gray, the side of the abdomen is silvery gray, and the color of the fins is darker than that of the body.

From the point of view of living environment, Megalobrama amblycephala is a freshwater fish, which is widely distributed in rivers and lakes in China. They were originally most widely distributed in the Yangtze River Basin, and later in North China, Northeast China, South China and other regions. In terms of feeding habits, Megalobrama amblycephala is an omnivorous fish, which can eat many things, such as aquatic plants, cladocerans, copepods and other small animals. Megalobrama amblycephala can be cultured artificially. At this time, the culture pond is generally used. The growth rate of Megalobrama amblycephala is relatively fast by means of freshwater culture.

2. Where

does Megalobrama amblycephala grow? It has been introduced above. From the point of view of living environment, Megalobrama amblycephala belongs to a freshwater fish, which grows in freshwater in China. Most of them originally grew in the Yangtze River Basin and some surrounding lakes, and later in many other freshwater basins in China. From the point of view of the water layer, Megalobrama amblycephala mainly lives in the middle and lower layers, and likes to live in places with more silt and more aquatic plants. In addition, Megalobrama amblycephala also has certain requirements for the flow rate of water, and does not like to grow in places where the flow rate is too fast, so they generally like to grow in still water.

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