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What kind of fish is a herring? Is it a freshwater fish

Skyler White
2020-08-22 02:19:05
Black carp is a kind of typical freshwater fish, which belongs to the genus of Cyprinidae, Cypriniformes, Osteichthyes. It is widely distributed in China and is very common in rivers and lakes in the Yangtze River Basin. From the point of view of feeding habits, black carp belong to carnivorous fish, they can take aquatic insects, shrimps, mussels and so on as their own food. From the point of view of size, herring belongs to the larger fish. When they grow up, their body length is about 1 meter. Larger individuals can grow to nearly 2 meters.
What kind of fish is a herring? Is it a freshwater fish

1. what is a herring fish

Herring is a very common fish, belonging to one of the "four major domestic fish", which can be eaten. From the point of view of category, black carp belongs to Osteichthyes, and from the point of view of category, it belongs to Osteichthyes; From the specific category, black carp belongs to Cypriniformes and Cyprinidae. From the point of view of living environment, black carp lives in fresh water and belongs to a freshwater fish. Their distribution in China is still relatively large, especially in the plains south of the Yangtze River. The behavior of raising black carp artificially is very common, and most of them are cultured in large areas.

From the feeding habits of black carp, they belong to a carnivorous fish. Wild herring will catch some aquatic insects, shrimps and so on as food; The same is true when raising black carp artificially, which can take small fish, shrimp and other meat as their main food. From the point of view of body size, the body size of black carp is still relatively large, most of the individuals can reach 1 meter in length, larger individuals can even be nearly 2 meters, sometimes their weight can reach tens of kilograms.

2. is the herring a freshwater fish?

It has been introduced above. If the herring is classified from the living environment, it belongs to freshwater fish, because they live in fresh water and have adapted to the freshwater environment. Mylopharyngodon piceus is widely distributed in China, especially in the Yangtze River Basin. From the upper reaches of the Jinsha River to the lower reaches of the estuary and the south of the Yangtze River basin, there are a lot of black carp. However, relatively speaking, the distribution in North China is less. The behavior of raising black carp in captivity is very common, they are not particularly difficult to raise, is a relatively easy to raise freshwater fish.

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