CATDOLL : CATDOLL:What kind of fish is bighead carp?

Bighead carp is the scientific name of bighead carp, also known as silver carp, one of the four famous Chinese carps. The shape of bighead carp: Bighead carp has a flat body and an extremely enlarged head. The mouth is large, terminal, and the lower jaw is slightly tilted upward. The gill rakers are dense and leaf-shaped, but not united. There are spiral-shaped supragranial organs in the upper part of the oral cavity, small eyes, low position, no whiskers, and spoon-shaped pharyngeal teeth with smooth tooth surfaces. The scales are small, and only the pelvic fins and even the anus on the ventral side have cortical ventral ridges. The pectoral fins are long, and the ends are far beyond the base of the pelvic fins. The upper half of the body is gray-black, the abdomen is gray-white, and there are many irregular small spots of light yellow and black on both sides.

Bighead carp's growth rate: Faster than silver carp. In natural rivers and lakes, individuals weighing more than 10 kg are usually seen, and the largest can reach 50 kg. It is suitable for breeding in fertile ponds. Under the condition of sufficient feed, a one-year-old fish can weigh 0.8-1 kg. The age of sexual maturity is the same as that of grass carp or slightly earlier. The weight of the first mature individual needs to be more than 10 kg in most areas, but in Guangdong and Guangxi, broodstock weighing less than 10 kg can also lay eggs. The spawning season is mostly from early May to mid-June, and other breeding ecological conditions are roughly the same as those of silver carp.

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