What kind of fish is the Yellow River plateau loach? Let's get to know this plateau loach
Common name: pike. Origin and season: distributed in the main stream and tributaries of the upper Yellow River. Introduction: a relatively large-bodied fish of the loach family. The head and front part of the body are rather flat; the caudal peduncle is low and long. The mouth opening is large; the lips are narrow, with a smooth surface or shallow folds. The barbels are of medium length. The lower half of the last unbranched fin ray of the dorsal fin is hardened. The body has no scales, and the skin bears short rod-shaped cutaneous keels.
Common name: pike
Origin and season:
Distributed in the main stream and tributaries of the upper Yellow River.
Introduction:
A relatively large-bodied fish of the loach family. The head and front part of the body are rather flat; the caudal peduncle is low and long. The mouth opening is large; the lips are narrow, with a smooth surface or shallow folds. The barbels are of medium length. The lower half of the last unbranched fin ray of the dorsal fin is hardened. The body has no scales, and the skin bears short rod-shaped cutaneous keels.
It lives in fast-flowing reaches with gravel substrates and is carnivorous. Every year from April to May, when the river ice melts, it swims upstream to spawn and reproduce, and it has a certain economic value.