Are mandarin fish, Chinese perch and salmon the same fish? How much does it usually cost per jin?
Mandarin fish, Chinese perch and salmon sound similar when pronounced, so many people want to ask whether they are the same fish? And if you want to buy them, how much does it usually cost per jin? In fact, mandarin fish is the Chinese perch (gui) fish, also called Aohua fish, and is one of the four major freshwater fish of China, but salmon is a family name of fish, which includes salmon, trout and salmon. So salmon and the former are not the same fish.
The difference between mandarin fish (Chinese perch) and salmon
Salmon, also called sanwenyu, is a general term; sanwenyu is the transliteration of the English word Salmon, whose English meaning is "salmon family fish". Sanwenyu is divided into the salmon genus and the trout genus of the salmon family, so to be precise, Salmon is salmon-trout. The trout genus fish in the salmon family has two kinds: sea trout (SalmoTrutta) and rainbow trout.
Aohua (ao) fish is also called mandarin fish, or Chinese perch (gui) fish, and belongs to the fat family of fish in taxonomy. Aohua fish is the most valuable fish among the “three flowers and five luo”; even in the past, ordinary people could hardly afford it. At that time, the price per jin of Aohua fish was almost twice that of carp. Aohua fish has a laterally compressed body, a raised back, a relatively thick body; a pointed head, and is one of the most beautiful fish in the Heilong River.
How much is mandarin fish (Chinese perch) per jin?
Beijing Dayanglu Agricultural and Sideline Products Wholesale Market 70.00 yuan/kg
Suzhou Nanhuanqiao Market Development Co., Ltd. 77.00 yuan/kg
Jiangsu Changzhou Xuantangqiao Aquatic Products Trading Market 78.0 yuan/kg
Jiangsu Lingjiatang Agricultural and Sideline Products Wholesale Market 78.0 yuan/kg
Xinjiang Urumqi Beiyuanchun Wholesale Market 110.0 yuan/kg
How much is salmon (sanwenyu) per jin?
The retail price of a whole salmon ranges from 35 to 38 yuan per jin, and the wholesale price ranges from 32 to 35 yuan. After skinning and deboning and making it into sashimi, the price of salmon rises considerably, ranging from 52 to 58 yuan per jin.
In supermarkets, the price of salmon sashimi ranges from 120 to 140 yuan per jin, and some supermarkets even sell it at 180 yuan per jin.
It is reported that at present, the normal price of authentic salmon sashimi is about 100 yuan per jin, while lower-priced salmon may be frozen rather than chilled fresh salmon, or may be salmon from other places of origin passed off as Norwegian salmon.
Attachment: How to choose salmon
1. High-quality mandarin fish have protruding eyeballs and a transparent cornea. Fresh fish have clear, bright, full and spirited eyes, with protruding eyeballs and a clear boundary between black and white.
2. Mandarin fish have bright red gills, clearly defined gill filaments, and intact, glossy scales that do not easily fall off. Fresh fish have shiny, intact scales that sit neatly and close to the body, without sloppy shedding.
3. Fresh fish have a slightly closed mouth that is easy to pry open, a normal, non-swollen belly, and a white, sunken vent. Press the fish belly lightly with your hand, and no sticky dirty matter will spill out from its vent, and the inside of the mouth will also be clean.
4. Mandarin fish flesh is firm and elastic.