What is the difference between white flower fish and hundred flower fish? Learn to tell them apart easily

White flower fish, also known as white pigeon fish, generally grows in rivers, beaches, and wetlands where saltwater and freshwater meet; its flesh is tender and its taste is full of flavor; hundred flower fish has also been widely farmed in our country and can provide the human body with protein and fat; the names of the two are very similar, so where exactly is the difference between white flower fish and hundred flower fish?

1. The difference between white flower fish and hundred flower fish

The scientific name of white flower fish is Saurogobio lissilabris, and it is abundantly produced along the coastal area of the Pearl River Delta; it is a warm-water small bottom-dwelling fish. In our country, the northernmost limit of its wild distribution is Fuzhou, Fujian, and the southernmost is Hainan Island; the estuary areas of the Pearl River basin are the regions with the most abundant wild white pigeon fish resources. Hundred flower fish is also called spotted tail bass, Atlantic red bass, black-spotted red bass, American red fish, etc.; it is a neritic middle and lower layer fish, often inhabiting sea areas with slow currents at a water depth of 30-70m. It feeds on small fish, jellyfish, diatoms, etc., and is mainly distributed along the Atlantic coast of the United States and in the Gulf of Mexico region.

In the wild, white pigeon fish is an omnivorous fish, and the particle size of the food it ingests is relatively small. After artificial domestication, white pigeon fish can feed on shrimp feed, fish feed, fish meat, etc. Hundred flower fish, however, is not demanding about feed; whether it is artificial feed or small miscellaneous fish, shrimp, and shellfish, it accepts them all and still maintains normal growth.

2. Current farming status of white flower fish and hundred flower fish

White flower fish is widely distributed in the various waters of the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River in our country, and is one of the widely known “Taihu Three Whites”; it is produced in all the river systems of our country's plains, with the largest output in Hubei, Anhui, and Heilongjiang provinces. In 1991, the First Institute of Oceanography of the State Oceanic Administration introduced 8mm juvenile American hundred flower fish from the United States for the first time; after one year of intensified indoor rearing, they began to spawn, and artificial breeding was successfully carried out. Today it has been widely promoted in the coastal provinces and cities of our country.

That is all for our discussion of the difference between white flower fish and hundred flower fish. The flesh of both fish is fresh and tender and not coarse or crumbly, so when eating them, there is no need to distinguish between them unless necessary.