Is basa fish a sea fish? Understanding its habitat in one article

Basa fish is a freshwater-farmed fish, belonging to river fish, not sea fish. It is an important freshwater aquaculture species in Southeast Asian countries, belonging to the order Siluriformes, the species Pangasius bocourti of the genus Pangasius, and is a scaleless fish. It is a unique high-quality economic fish in the Mekong River basin. Its flesh is tender and delicious, and it is rich in nutrients; it can tonify qi and calm coughing, has therapeutic effects on weakness and coughing with asthma, and also has dietary therapeutic functions such as refreshing the mind and preventing aging.

Basa fish has delicate flesh, a delicious taste and rich nutrition, containing abundant protein, vitamin A, minerals and other nutrients. Basa fish has the effects of tonifying qi and calming coughing, and has a certain therapeutic effect on weakness and coughing with asthma. Basa fish also has dietary therapeutic functions such as refreshing the mind and preventing aging. Eating it regularly will have a certain auxiliary therapeutic effect on treating anemia, premature aging, malnutrition, postpartum weakness and neurasthenia and other conditions. The flesh of basa fish is very tender and suitable for infants and young children to eat.

At present there is no large-scale farming of basa fish in China, and the basa fish on the market is all frozen fish meat. Frozen fish and meat mostly have water-retaining agents added, used to prevent the intracellular liquid of fish and meat from crystallizing during freezing and from losing water and deforming after thawing. Water-retaining agents are harmful to the human body, so try not to frequently give babies frozen basa fish meat.

The most common basa fish sold in China is basa fish fillets, which are all sliced into fillets after being processed in advance, so what is commonly seen is frozen, boneless basa fish. A truly whole basa fish has bones; what families buy are boneless basa fish fillets, often used to make food for the elderly or young children.

Basa fish likes to gather in groups, often active in the upper and middle water layers. It is omnivorous and can be fed artificial compound feed; when feeding it can swim to the water surface to eat. It tolerates low oxygen and has low requirements for water quality, and can be farmed at high density. Stock about 3000 fry of 4—5 cm size per mu; during the fry stage, mainly feed small miscellaneous fish and rice bran, and in about half a year the individual gains weight to 600—700 grams. The commercial price is above 20 yuan.

Basa fish is a kind of river fish, not a sea fish, but its flesh is very tender and delicious, so it can be eaten in moderation.