Chinese Loach

in fishing •  7 years ago 

When we are young, it is very common to Poyang Lake in loach, China of the Yangtze River Basin, many of the Chinese loach, but now I seldom found the wild loach, Botia superciliaris called ginseng is a fish in water, high nutritional value, it and other fish are not the same, regardless of appearance that figure, living habits are different, is a special kind of loach









Its living habits, living in the muddy bottom static or slow flow water, strong adaptability, can live in a rich environment containing humus. When water is anoxic, it can carry out intestinal respiration. The loach can not only breathe with gills and skin, but also have special intestinal breathing function

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these look slimy

That's interesting that they can live in a difficult environment. Do they still taste good, even though they may be in bad water, with low oxygen or pollution?