Skate

Skate

(notes on materia medica)

[synonym] ray (Lu's spring and Autumn Annals), flying fish (materia medica Collection).

[source] it's the meat of the flying fish, skate.

[animal morphology] skate

Body slightly long oval, back and abdomen quite wide, flat on both sides, to the tail tapering. Body length about 30 cm. The head is quite short, the back is flat, both sides incline downward, and the abdomen is narrow. The kiss is short. The eyes are large, lateral and high. Two nostrils on each side. Small mouth. The upper and lower parts are about the same length, with conical teeth. The scales are round, very large, and the posterior margin is wavy. The lateral line is very low, close to the ventral margin, and its posterior end does not reach the base of caudal fin. Dorsal fin 12-14. The anal fin is 9-10, the starting point is below the sixth fin of dorsal fin, and its rear end is opposite to the last fin of dorsal fin. The pectoral fin is 15-16, wide and long. It can reach the last fin of the gluteal fin when it is placed flat, so it can glide on the water. The ventral fin is large and can reach the end of the bottom of the gluteal fin when placed flat. Caudal fin bifurcated, lower lobe longer than upper lobe. The dorsal surface of the body is bluish black, the lower side and abdomen are silvery white, the dorsal and gluteal fins are gray, and the pectoral and caudal fins are light black.

They often swim in groups at the top of the ocean. It can jump out of the water surface and glide over the water surface of about 1 meter. The glide distance can reach tens of meters or even more than 100 meters. The oviposition period is from May to July. It is distributed along Meizhou in China.

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

[functions and indications] 1. In the collection of Materia Medica, it is said that "to make it easy to produce, to burn it into black powder temporarily, and to make a dagger under the wine. "

② "Gangmu": "already crazy already hemorrhoids. "

Chinese PinYin : Wen Yao Yu