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

Jane Margolis
2021-01-21 14:06:47
Mackerel belongs to Osteichthyes, Cypriniformes, Cyprinidae. They have a fusiform body, a short head, a blunt snout, a lower mouth, an arc shape, two pairs of whiskers, and scales on the body surface. Their backs are bluish white and their bellies are silvery white. Mud carp is a freshwater fish, mainly distributed in the southern part of China, especially in Hainan Province and Zhejiang Delta. Dace are omnivorous and can eat both phytoplankton and zooplankton. They can be cultured artificially and have high economic value.
What kind of fish is a dace and where does it live?

1. what kind of fish

is mackerel? Mackerel is also called "mackerel", "snow mackerel" and so on. It is a kind of fish living in our country. In terms of category, the dace belongs to the genus of the family Cyprinidae, order Cypriniformes, class Osteichthyes. Their body shape is fusiform and relatively flat. Their heads are short, their snouts are blunt, their mouths are lower, curved, and there are whiskers beside their mouths, usually two pairs. They have scales, mainly lateral line scales. Their backs are bluish white and their bellies are silvery white. The size of the mackerel is not particularly large, generally speaking, it weighs only about 1 kg. There are also relatively large individuals, weighing up to 4 kilograms.

From the point of view of living environment, mackerel belongs to freshwater fish, and its main producing area is China. However, because they have very high requirements for water temperature, they are not distributed in all provinces of China, but mainly in the south, especially in Hainan Province and the Pearl River Delta region, where the number of mackerel is relatively large. In terms of feeding habits, dace is an omnivorous fish, which can eat phytoplankton, zooplankton, and sometimes feces and organic waste in the water. Mackerel is a kind of fish that can be cultured artificially. It is also mainly distributed in the south and has high economic value.

2. Where

do mackerels live? As mentioned above, mackerels are freshwater fish, so generally speaking, they live in freshwater. The main living area of this fish is our country, which is relatively rare in other countries. However, they are not found in all parts of our country, because they have very high requirements for water temperature. They are warm-water fish, like to live in places where the water temperature is high, when the water temperature is 15-30 degrees, the growth state is better, and the low temperature resistance is relatively poor. Therefore, they mainly live in some provinces in the south of China, represented by Hainan Province and the Pearl River Delta. Specifically, they are distributed in the middle and lower layers of the water.

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