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The freshwater and marine Fish which are native—indigenous to China and its adjacent oceans and seas.; When the distribution range in China is known please also use Category: Fish of East Asia (most provinces) and Category: Fish of Central Asia (westernmost provinces).
Takifugu in a tank. The fugu (河豚; 鰒; フグ) in Japanese, bogeo (복어; -魚) or bok (복) in Korean, and hétún (河豚; 河魨) in Standard Modern Chinese [a] is a pufferfish, normally of the genus Takifugu, Lagocephalus, or Sphoeroides, or a porcupinefish of the genus Diodon, or a dish prepared from these fish.
The Asian arowana (Scleropages formosus) comprises several phenotypic varieties of freshwater fish distributed geographically across Southeast Asia. [3] While most consider the different varieties to belong to a single species, [4] [5] [6] [3] [7] work by Pouyaud et al. (2003) [8] differentiates these varieties into multiple species.
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.
Smelt taken out of the cold saltwater were preferred to those taken in warm water. The fish did not command a high price on the market, but provided a source of supplemental income due to their abundance. The smelts were "flash frozen" simply by leaving them on the ice and then sold to fish buyers who came down the rivers.
Drunken shrimp (simplified Chinese: 醉虾; traditional Chinese: 醉蝦; pinyin: zuìxiā), also known as drunken prawns, [1] is a popular dish in parts of China based on freshwater shrimp that are sometimes eaten cooked or raw. The shrimp are immersed in liquor to make consumption easier, thus the name "drunken".
Pages in category "Freshwater fish of China" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 473 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Kapenta rig. This fish is caught at night using kapenta rigs; these rigs use LED lights or kerosene lamps to attract the fish to the rig. [1] A dip net measuring roughly six metres in diameter and around 8 to 10 metres in length is then used to bring the fish up from anything from 40 metres (130 ft).