What kind of fish is a man fishing for
4hw.com.cn: Recently, there was a hot news about a big golden catfish on Weibo. It is reported that a man in Jiangxi caught a big golden fish. Apart from its color and appearance, what kind of fish is it? Let's have a look.
On April 18, Dong Jincheng, a young man from Lianggong village, wharf Town, Ruichang City, caught a rare golden catfish at goutouji, lianggongdi, Yangtze River. The fish is cash yellow, crystal clear, flat head and wide mouth, with two long whiskers, white belly, 90cm long, and weighs 6.4kg.
On February 9, 2015, another local young man, Huang Xin, once fished a golden catfish weighing 2.4kg in the same water area, which caused a sensation in the media. The catfish was subsequently purchased by an aquarium in Shanghai for 10000 yuan. It's amazing that Huang Xin was also on the spot when Dong Jincheng caught Silurus meridionalis, and the fishing place was taken by Huang Xin.
According to the analysis of experts, there are people in other places who have caught similar golden catfish, but the probability is very small, only one out of every one million fish. In nature, discolored animals are easy to be found by foreign enemies, so the survival rate is very low. For example, this golden catfish weighing 6.4kg is really rare.
Wan Zhengyi, a staff member of the original species farm of the four great fishes in Ruichang City, said that it was preliminarily determined that this was a large catfish. The golden catfish may be caused by pigment mutation due to environmental factors. At present, this kind of population has not been found in China, which is rare and should have certain ornamental value and research value.