China's most expensive fish was hunted almost to extinction because of its special swim bladder

In our Chinese cultural tradition, people have a deep obsession with eating fish. On every important festival or happy day of family reunion, there is always a fish dish on the table. Our country has a coastline of 32,000 km, vast sea areas, and a large number of fishermen in coastal areas who make a living by catching sea fish, so there are many kinds of fish that can be seen in our market. Among them, some are very cheap, such as the grass carp and crucian carp we often eat, which cost more than ten yuan per jin, and some are very precious varieties whose expensive prices are beyond the imagination of ordinary people, such as the fish we are going to introduce today, the Chinese bahaba.

From the name, you can tell that this fish is golden yellow in color, and its lips are also yellow. The Chinese bahaba is also called jinqian yu, and it is quite famous. It can be called one of the most expensive fish in China, and its price has soared all the way, with one fish once selling for millions of yuan. But no matter how expensive it was, that has become history, because due to people's crazy fishing, the Chinese bahaba is already endangered. Now buying and selling the Chinese bahaba is an illegal act. It is a second-class protected animal in our country. As a fish unique to China, its value and status are both very high.

As for the value of the Chinese bahaba, in the past it was even a bit more expensive than gold, with one fish priced at more than a million. But why exactly is it so expensive? Let us not talk about the fact that it is unique to China; its own value alone is already very high. In the past, many people who had eaten the Chinese bahaba said that its meat was not tasty, was hard to season, and had a poor texture and was not tender or fresh. But in fact, the Chinese bahaba is not meant to be eaten. Its most valuable part is the swim bladder. Its swim bladder is not only different in shape from those of other fish, but is also regarded by folk tradition as a great tonic that can tonify the kidney and nourish the liver and strengthen the body. It is a very rare top-grade tonic, so its price is extremely high. Now the Chinese bahaba has become an important material for academic research, and its value is definitely not something that can be measured by money alone.

The Chinese bahaba dislikes strong light, so it likes to move about in deeper sea areas. In our country, it is mainly distributed in coastal areas such as Fujian and Zhejiang. Most importantly, they can be found only in China's sea areas in the whole world, so it is very precious.

Now, industrial pollution is becoming more and more serious, and the survival of the Chinese bahaba itself is facing a crisis. As the state's protection of the Chinese bahaba continues to increase, people also know more and more about it. In some coastal areas, there are still many illegal fishermen privately catching the Chinese bahaba to seek huge profits. They are constantly crossing the bottom line of the law, and this is something we must resolutely oppose.

The Chinese bahaba is unique to our country and is our unique national treasure, so working to protect it is the duty and responsibility of every one of us!