Introduction to the Appearance, Price, Marine Fish Attributes and Nutritional Value of Cichlid Bream

Bream, red seabream, Sparidae, genus Pagrus, also called jiaji fish, banjiaji, jiazhen seabream, copper basin fish. Its distribution is mainly the Bohai Sea/Yellow Sea.So what does the bream look like? What is the general market price per jin? Is it a marine fish? What is its nutritional value? According to the Guangzhou aquatic products market, the price of bream is generally 30 yuan/jin. Its meat is delicious and mellow, and it is rich in nutrients, making it a valuable delicacy for entertaining guests.

What does the bream look like?

The body is deep and laterally compressed, more than 50 cm long, silvery red in color with light blue spots, and the caudal fin is greenish black at the rear. The head is large and the mouth is small. The front teeth of the upper and lower jaws are conical, and the rear teeth are molar-shaped. The body is covered with ctenoid scales, and the dorsal and anal fins have hard spines. It is produced along the coasts of China, but the main producing areas are Dadonggou in Liaoning, Qinhuangdao in Hebei, and Yantai, Longkou and Qingdao in Shandong.

Is bream a marine fish?

Bream is a nearshore bottom-dwelling fish, distributed in all sea areas of China, with relatively large yields in the Yellow Sea and Bohai Sea. Bream is very showy because its whole body is red, and its meat is tender and delicious, ranking first among marine fish. However, in recent years, due to neglect of natural environmental protection, seawater pollution, and overfishing of juvenile fish, the natural resources of bream have become fewer and fewer, and it is already difficult to catch near shore. Bream inhabits sandy and gravelly seabeds. Every year from March to April, during the reproductive period, it makes a reproductive migration, traveling a long distance from the Yellow Sea to the sea area around Sanshan Island and Xishashawang in Laizhou Bay of the Bohai Sea to spawn and reproduce the next generation. Bream likes to live in rocky reef areas at a water depth of 30-200 m, and its diet is very broad.

What is the nutritional value of bream?

Jiaji fish is rich in nutrients and contains protein, calcium, potassium, selenium and other nutritional elements, supplementing the human body with abundant protein and minerals.

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that jiaji fish has the effects of tonifying the stomach and nourishing the spleen, dispelling wind, and promoting digestion.

It can be eaten by the general population, and is especially suitable for people with poor appetite, indigestion, or weak qi and blood after childbirth.

Usage and dosage:

Jiaji fish is a top-grade edible fish. Its meat is tender and delicious, and it can be braised, dry-braised, stewed, simmered, steamed, or cooked in sauce, etc.;

The head is rich in collagen and contains a large amount of fat, and it tastes best when simmered into soup.