Is sea bass a freshwater fish or a saltwater fish, and how do you tell them apart?

Sea bass is an edible fish with relatively few bones and high nutritional value, and many people like to eat it steamed, so is sea bass a freshwater fish or a saltwater fish? How do you tell them apart?

1. Is sea bass a freshwater fish or a saltwater fish?

There are freshwater sea bass and saltwater sea bass. Sea bass is a general term, and the four most common types are saltwater sea bass, Songjiang bass, California bass, and river perch. Saltwater sea bass, also known as Japanese sea bass or spotted sea bass, is mainly distributed in the coastal shallow seas of China and Japan, but every year during the peak fishing season, sea bass swim upstream into the freshwater areas of rivers. Sea bass can also survive in freshwater, so sea bass is both a freshwater fish and a saltwater fish.

2. What is the difference between saltwater sea bass and freshwater sea bass?

1. Different living environments

River perch is mainly distributed as a freshwater fish in the temperate and cold zones of the Eurasian continent, living in rivers and lakes, and is a freshwater sea bass; saltwater sea bass lives in the sea, mainly distributed in the western Pacific, and is produced in China's coastal waters and freshwater bodies connected to the sea, with more in the East China Sea and Bohai Sea.

2. Different appearance

Compared with freshwater sea bass, saltwater sea bass is larger in size. Saltwater sea bass has a long and thick body. Saltwater sea bass is divided into white bass and black bass. The most obvious mark of saltwater sea bass is that there are many black round dots on its back. Different varieties of saltwater sea bass may have different distributions of round dots. The round dots on black bass are not obvious, while river perch has no black round dots on its back.

3. Different taste

The meat of saltwater sea bass is relatively dry and rough, and the fishy smell is also stronger; the meat of river perch is relatively elastic, and after steaming it easily falls apart, tasting relatively fresh and savory. It is very suitable for steaming and suitable for the elderly and children to eat.

4. Different prices

River perch is a bit more expensive. In terms of how they are kept alive, the river perch sold in supermarkets is generally fresh and live sea bass, while saltwater sea bass is mostly sold chilled; in terms of taste, river perch is relatively fresh and savory, with a better taste. Therefore, the unit price of river perch is a bit higher than that of saltwater sea bass.