Is the bian fish a freshwater fish or a saltwater fish? Read this and you will understand

The bian fish is the bream, a fish species endemic to China. Its flesh is delicious and nutritious, and after eating it has the effects of tonifying deficiency, benefiting the spleen, nourishing the blood, dispelling wind, and strengthening the stomach. So, is the bian fish a freshwater fish or a saltwater fish?

1. Is the bian fish a freshwater fish or a saltwater fish?

The bian fish (bream) is a freshwater fish, mainly distributed in the medium-sized lakes attached to the middle and lower reaches of China's Yangtze River. It usually inhabits the middle and lower layers of the water and is relatively suited to life in still water.

2. What does the bian fish look like?

The whole body of the bian fish (bream) is diamond-shaped, laterally compressed and high, with a body length of about 50 cm, which is 2.2-2.8 times the body height. The head is relatively small, the mouth is small, the dorsal fin has hard spines, the pectoral fins are relatively short, and the caudal fin is deeply forked, with the lower lobe longer than the upper lobe; the back is blue-gray, the sides are silver-gray, the belly is silvery white, the base of the scales is grayish white, the edges are grayish black, and all the fins are grayish black.

3. What food does the bian fish eat?

The bian fish (bream) is a herbivorous fish. Both the fry and the adult fish mainly feed on aquatic vascular plants such as tape grass, Hydrilla verticillata, and pondweed, and also like to eat terrestrial grasses and vegetable leaves. They can also consume some plant debris from the lake bottom and a small amount of zooplankton.