pond is actually "bearded catfish", also known as "horn fish", "horn Ding", "mackerel" and so on. In terms of classification, the pond belongs to the genus Clarias of the family Clariidae, order Siluriformes, class Osteichthyes. The shape of the body is long, the head is very flat, the surface of the body is very smooth; the color is generally grayish brown, and there are some irregular spots of grayish white and black. They have a wide mouth and four pairs of whiskers beside the mouth, which is one of the main features of the pond.
Pond belongs to freshwater fish and lives in freshwater. Specifically, they have higher requirements for water temperature, and are most distributed in tropical and subtropical regions, so they are mainly distributed in the freshwater basins in the south of China, and less in the colder north. In addition, the pond is also a benthic fish, often living at the bottom of freshwater basins. From the point of view of feeding habits, although the pond is omnivorous fish, their food is mainly meat. This is because their intestines and stomach are larger and shorter, which is more suitable for digesting animal food. Pond is also a kind of fish that can be cultured artificially and has certain economic value. Is the
fish is also one of the common freshwater fish in our country, which is somewhat similar to the appearance of the pond. But the pond is not a yellow bone fish, the two are two different kinds of fish, the category is different. As mentioned above, the pond belongs to the genus Clarias of the family Clarias of the order Siluriformes of the class Osteichthyes, while the yellow bone fish belongs to the genus Pelteobagrus fulvidraco of the order Siluriformes of the class Osteichthyes, so the difference is relatively large.
In addition to the category, there are also differences in appearance and distribution between pond and yellow bone fish. For example, the number of whiskers in the pond is different from that in the yellow bone fish. There are four pairs of whiskers on the mouth of the pond, while the yellow bone fish has only one pair of whiskers on the lower jaw. For example, the distribution of ponds and yellow bone fish in China is different, ponds are mainly in the south, while yellow bone fish are in both the north and the south.
