Yellow bone fish and catfish are common in our country and can often be seen in the market. From the appearance, yellow bone fish and catfish do have some similarities, so some people will find it difficult to distinguish them when they see them, and they will be confused. But in fact, yellow bone fish and catfish are not the same kind of fish, and yellow bone fish is not a kind of catfish. In fact, the difference between the two is relatively large, in the category, appearance, habits and distribution are different, so the two can not be confused. After fully understanding the two, it is relatively easy to distinguish them.
between yellow bone fish and catfish? 1. Family and genus difference: The categories of yellow bone fish and catfish are actually different. Although both of them belong to teleosts, their specific categories are different, because yellow bone fish is a fish in the genus Pelteobagrus of the family Siluriformes, while catfish is a fish in the genus Silurus of the family Siluriformes of the order Siluriformes. It can be seen that the difference between the two categories is still relatively large.
2. Differences in appearance: Although there are some similarities in appearance between the two, there are also some differences. For example, the number of their whiskers is different. Yellow bone fish has four pairs of whiskers, but adult catfish has only two pairs of whiskers, and juvenile catfish has three pairs of whiskers.
3, habit distinction: The habit characteristic of yellow bone fish and catfish is different also. Their feeding habits are different, yellow bone fish's feeding habits are more miscellaneous, they can eat fish, shrimp, mussels, snails and other animals, can also eat plants. The main food of catfish is animals, and most of them are small fish. In addition, the two have different requirements for the surrounding water quality. Catfish can live in places where the water quality is relatively dirty, but yellow bone fish have higher requirements for the water quality.
4. Difference of distribution range: both yellow bone fish and catfish are distributed in China, and both are freshwater fish, but their specific distribution basins are different. Yellow bone fish is more widely distributed in the Yangtze River and Pearl River in the south and the Yellow River and Heilongjiang River in the north, while catfish is mainly distributed in the Yangtze River and Pearl River basins in the south.
5. Different nicknames: Yellow bone fish and catfish have different nicknames. Yellow bone fish is also called "yellow spicy", "yellow sand ancient", "thorn yellow stock", etc.; catfish is called "bearded silver carp", "larval fish", "catfish", etc.
