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Siniperca chuatsi, the mandarin fish (Chinese: 鱖魚, [2]), is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish from the family Sinipercidae, the Oriental perches. It is the type species of the genus Siniperca (Chinese perches).
Different varieties sport different markings and colors. The green mandarin is the fish that has been described. The red mandarin is the same species, but its pelvic fins and what would be orange is red. In some rare cases, the entire dragonet is red with black stripes. The spotted mandarin is light gray-green with black, pink and blue spots.
Siniperca or the Chinese perch is a genus of centrarchiform ray-finned fish native to freshwater habitats in continental East Asia. Although its native ranges can extend to northern Vietnam, the majority of the species are entirely or largely restricted to China. [3]
Southern Mandarin dogfish (Cirrhigaleus australis) a related dogfish shark species also known as the southern mandarin dogfish, native to Australia and New Zealand Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Mandarinfish .
The golden mandarin fish (Siniperca scherzeri), also known as the leopard mandarin fish, is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish, an Asian perch from the family Sinipercidae, which is native to eastern Asia (Korea, China, and Vietnam). [2] This species can reach at least 33.4 cm (1.1 ft) in standard length and 607.3 g (1.34 lb) in weight. [3]
A metaphor for sexual intercourse in Chinese is "fish and water come together". [3]: 124 A happily married couple is described as having "the pleasures of fish in water" (yúshuǐ zhīhuān 鱼水之欢 [5]: 243 ); therefore pairs of fishes are symbolism of sexual harmony and mutual sexual pleasure.
This fish is mainly sold fresh, either in pieces or whole. Peruvian anchoveta Engraulis ringens: Wild 4,692,855 Silver carp Hypophthalmichthys molitrix: Cultivated 4,189,578 A variety of Asian carp, widely cultivated with other aquaculture carp, but under pressure in its home range (China and eastern Siberia). Also called "flying fish", it is ...
The picturesque dragonet may grow to a size of 7 cm in length. They have thick slime on their skin that inhibits many types of parasitic infection and minimizes the risk of disease following stress or physical trauma. This seems to help protect them from some other more aggressive fish.