Yellow catfish

Yellow catfish

(compendium)

Another name: Huanggu and huangguyu (compendium).

[source] it is the meat of Cyprinidae Miichthys flavipectus.

[animal morphology] Miichthys flavipectus

The body is long and flat, the abdomen is round, there is an unobvious ventral ridge in front of the anus, the body is about 20 cm long, the head is conical, quite small. The snout is round and obtuse, the mouth is inferior, forming a transverse fissure. The mandible has a thin margin of developed cartilage, and the eye is located near the rostral end of the head. The hypopharyngeal teeth are 3 rows, flat and long. The scales are medium large, the lateral scales are 63-68, the dorsal fin is Ⅲ 7, and the last unbranched fin is smooth spines. Gluteal fin Ⅲ 9-11. The back of the body is black gray, the abdomen and the lower part of the body are silver white, there is a light yellow stripe on the back edge of the gill cap, and the caudal fin is significantly yellow.

It lives in wide waters such as rivers and lakes, and often lives in the middle and lower layers. Its spawning period is from April to June. It is distributed in the Yangtze River Basin. It is also found in Shanxi, Hebei, Shandong, Hainan and Fuzhou.

[nature and taste] Compendium: "sweet, warm, non-toxic. "

[function indications] Compendium: "baizhuzhiyin can stop stomach cold and diarrhea. "

[taboo] Yilin zuanyao: "more food makes people hot and thirsty. "

Chinese PinYin : Huang Gu Yu