Silver carp and bullhead are common fish. Silver carp is also known as "silver carp", and big head fish is also known as "bighead carp", "silver carp" and so on. It can be seen that the two refer to different kinds of fish. Although they are similar in some aspects, such as their appearance has certain similarities, from the category point of view, they belong to Cypriniformes and Cyprinidae fish, from the living environment point of view, they belong to freshwater fish, in China's freshwater distribution is relatively wide, etc., but can not be confused because of these similarities. In fact, there are many differences between the two.
1, head size difference: silver carp and bullhead head size is also different. The reason for the name of the bullhead fish is that their head is very large, occupying about one third of the whole body, and sometimes even close to one half. The head of silver carp is relatively small, accounting for about a quarter of the total.
2. Abdomen difference: The abdomen of silver carp and bullhead is also different. If we touch it with our hands, we will find that there is a very obvious abdominal edge in the abdomen of silver carp; If you touch the big head fish, you will find that their abdomen is very smooth, and there is no abdominal edge.
3, color difference: silver carp and big head fish color shade is also different. As mentioned above, silver carp is also known as "silver carp", their color is silvery white; The bighead fish is called "silver carp", which is darker in color and sometimes has many spots.
