Is Sea Bass a Saltwater Fish? Benefits, Effects and Variety Classification Explained

In Chinese, many kinds of fish can be called sea bass. Sea bass is extremely nutritious and is a dish that many friends cook often in daily life. So is sea bass a saltwater fish? What are the benefits and effects of sea bass? What varieties of sea bass are there?

1. Is sea bass a saltwater fish?

In fact, the sea bass we usually see includes not only freshwater fish species but also saltwater fish species. That is to say, sea bass is both a saltwater fish and a freshwater fish. However, most people choose marine sea bass when eating it, because the meat of marine sea bass is relatively crisper and tastes more delicious.

Sea bass is also called spotted sea bass, Zhaihua, luban, four-ribbed fish, etc., and is commonly known as lujiao. It seems the names of sea bass alone are enough to confuse anyone. Sea bass is mainly distributed in the western Pacific Ocean and is produced in China's coastal waters and in freshwater bodies connected to the sea, with more in the Yellow Sea and Bohai Sea. Sea bass likes to inhabit estuaries with brackish water and can also live in freshwater. Overall, sea bass can survive in both saltwater and freshwater, so its living environment is quite flexible.

2. Benefits and effects of sea bass

1. Tonifies the kidneys and calms the fetus

Sea bass can tonify the kidneys, calm the fetus, strengthen the spleen and replenish qi, and can treat symptoms such as restless fetal movement and insufficient milk production after childbirth. Pregnant mothers who eat sea bass find it easy to digest and it can also help prevent and treat symptoms such as edema, anemia and dizziness.

2. Maintains normal nervous system function

Copper can protect the heart, maintain the normal function of the nervous system, and participate in the functioning of key enzymes in the metabolism of several substances.

3. Tonifies the liver and benefits the spleen

It has the effects of tonifying the liver and kidneys, benefiting the spleen and stomach, and resolving phlegm and relieving cough, and has a very good tonic effect on people with liver and kidney deficiency.

3. What varieties of sea bass are there?

1. Largemouth bass: Largemouth bass is a freshwater fish, also known as California sea bass. It originated in the United States and was introduced into China in the 1980s as a substitute variety for marine sea bass. Most of the freshwater sea bass seen on the market is this variety.

2. River perch: River perch is the biological sea bass, also known as red perch, five-striped perch, etc. According to the biological definition, only this river perch can be directly called “sea bass”, and in China there is a naturally distributed population only in Xinjiang.

3. Songjiang sea bass: Songjiang sea bass, also known as Songjiang four-gill perch, is a nearshore shallow-sea fish. It generally grows and fattens in freshwater river areas connected to the sea, and after sexual maturity it descends the river into the sea to spawn, while the young fish return to freshwater rivers to live.

4. Barramundi: Barramundi, also known as golden-eyed perch, blind cod, etc., is distributed in river systems in Africa as well as coastal and estuarine areas of Asia and Australia. It is farmed in various Southeast Asian countries, Australia, Hong Kong, China, Taiwan, China, Hainan, Shenzhen, Zhongshan and other places.

5. Walleye: Walleye is an important sport fish and commercial fish in countries such as the United States and Canada. In Canada its output ranks second among freshwater fish, and it has a farming history of more than 100 years in the United States and Canada.

6. Marine sea bass: Marine sea bass is relatively widely distributed in the ocean, occurring in both Pacific and Atlantic waters. Among these, the Sea of Japan, the Yellow Sea and the Bohai Sea in Asia are major production areas, and it is also produced along the west coast of the United States and in the Peruvian fishing grounds of South America.