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Silver Pomfret, native to the Amazon River. Also known as silver plate pomfret, silver plate fish. Body shape and habits are similar to piranhas. About 20 cm long. The whole body is silvery white, and during the estrus period, the lower jaw to the abdomen, buttocks and the first few fins of the anal fin are all red. Silver Pomfret is gentle and does not attack other fish. It can be raised with other large fish. It likes slightly acidic soft water and does not require harsh living conditions. It is omnivorous and loves to eat aquatic plants. It is not advisable to plant grass in the aquarium or it will be eaten by it. It also eats animal bait. It likes to swim in groups, has a strong physique, and is easy to raise.

Silver pomfret belongs to the order Perciformes, family Pomfret. Pomfret has another name, called mirror fish. [Other names] D fish (Duan Youqin in Linhai Yiwuzhi), Changhou turtle, Chang rat (Compendium of Materia Medica), dog sleepy fish (Lingbiao Luyi), silver pomfret (Yilin Zongyao), mirror fish, flat fish (Yellow Sea and Bohai Sea fish survey report), Baichang (Chinese Animal Atlas•Fish), fork slice fish (Jiangsu, Zhejiang). The body is short and tall, extremely flattened, and slightly diamond-shaped. The head is small, the snout is round, the mouth is small, and the teeth are fine. The pelvic fins of adult fish disappear. The caudal fin is deeply forked, and the lower lobe is longer. The body is silvery white, and the upper part is slightly blue-gray. It feeds on crustaceans. It swims to the inland sea to spawn in early summer and is an edible economic fish. It is produced along the coast of my country. Pomfret is a large tropical fish that is both edible and ornamental in tropical and subtropical areas. The body of the silver pomfret is flattened into a disc shape, with a thick back, a terminal mouth, and no whiskers. The body color is white, with silver scales, a black tail, and thread fins. The four colors match very beautifully. The meat tastes like mullet. The unsaturated fatty acid W-3 ​​series contained in the ground fish meat has been clinically proven to be an important material for reducing the occurrence of cardiovascular diseases. The cholesterol content of silver pomfret is also lower than that of all animal foods. The silver pomfret has thick meat, few bones, good taste, and rich nutrition. It is a natural nutritional product.

There is no difference between white pomfret and silver pomfret. Silver pomfret is commonly known as pomfret, also called white pomfret.

The body is nearly round, flattened and high laterally; the dorsal margin is convex. The snout is short and blunt. The orbital interval is wide. The mouth is small, and the mouth fissure is thin and flat; the upper and lower jaws are about the same length; the maxilla reaches below the anterior edge of the eye; the upper and lower jaws have fine and sharp brush-like teeth arranged in bands; the hoe and palatine bones are toothless. The gill openings are narrow and long; the gill rakers are thin and short; with pseudobranchs. The body is covered with medium-large weak ctenoid scales, and the dorsal scales are fine; the pelvic fins have axillary scales, and the base of the dorsal and anal fins has sheath scales; the lateral line is arc-shaped. The dorsal fin spines and soft rays are deeply notched, with a forward flat spine in front, and the 3rd to 5th spines are extended into filaments; the first pelvic fin spine is extended; the caudal fin is slightly biconcave. The body is bluish brown, and the abdomen is light white; there are 6 dark brown horizontal bands on the sides of the body; the scales have black stripes. Each fin is light brown.