The mullet fish

The mullet fish is a privately protected fish in the country and has high economic and The value of academic research has been listed as a national second-level protected animal by our country. Because the mullet fish has a very strange shape, its face is bright, and its shape means "weather-beaten", it is very popular among aquarium enthusiasts.

The mullet fish has flat sides and a special bulge on its back at the beginning of the dorsal fin. The head is short and the snout is round and blunt. The lower part of the mouth is in the shape of a horseshoe. The lips are well developed, with a deep groove forming between the upper lip and the muzzle. The lower lip is turned out into a fleshy fold, and the upper lip is densely covered with tiny papillary protrusions. The hypopharyngeal bone is sickle-shaped, and the hypopharyngeal teeth are single row, numerous, decorated, and hook-shaped in the end. The upper buccal fossa is significantly sunken, located on the outside of the parietal bone, and the lower buccal fossa is shallow but not unnecessary. Straighten your abdomen. The dorsal base is extremely long, without hard spines, with more than 50 fin rays, and the base extends to the back and upper part of the anal fin base; the anal fin rays are 10-12; the caudal peduncle is short, the caudal fin is deep and shaped, and the lower lobe is longer than the upper lobe. The dorsal fin has no hard spines and its base is very long, spreading to the back and upper part of the anal fin base. The anal fin is short, the caudal fin is slender, and the caudal fin is forked. The scales are large and round, with solid lateral lines.

During the non-growth stage, the body shape changes greatly. When the body length is 1.6-2.2 cm in the larval stage, the body shape is particularly slender, and the body length is 4.7 times the body height; when it grows slightly, the body height increases in the juvenile stage, and when the body length is 12-28 cm, the body length is 2 times the body height. . 5 times; when the body length is 58.4-98.0 cm in the adult stage, the body length is about 3.4 times the body height. At this time, the increase in body height slows down. Their body color also changes with individual size. The body length of the larval stage is 2.7-8.2 cm, dark brown in color, with three black horizontal stripes on each side of the body, the upper leaves of the dorsal and anal fins are gray-white, and the lower edges of the lower leaves are gray-black. The side of the body of mature individuals is light red, yellowish brown or dark brown, with a wide longitudinal rouge red band from the tip of the snout to the base of the tail, and the dorsal and caudal fins are light red.

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