Nghe An angler caught a fish suspected to be a golden croaker weighing 5kg
(Baonghean.vn) - The fish suspected to be a golden croaker weighing about 5kg was caught by an angler in Quynh Luu (Nghe An) at noon on September 6.
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A 5kg fish suspected to be a golden croaker was caught by a Nghe fisherman in Nghi Son - Thanh Hoa. Photo: PV |
A fisherman named Ho Mau Hung in the communeQuynh Bang, Quynh Luu districtjust caught a 5kg fish suspected to be a catfishgolden bagrare. According to Mr. Hung's family, on September 6, while fishing with a group of friends in Nghi Son sea, Thanh Hoa, he caught this fish.
| Clip of Mr. Hung and his friends fishing on September 6, 2020. |
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| The fish was caught by Mr. Ho Mau Hung in Quynh Bang commune - Quynh Luu at Nghi Son beach - Thanh Hoa on the afternoon of September 6, 2020. Photo: Contributor |
Currently, some traders have come to ask to buy it, but he has not decided to sell this rare fish and it is currently kept in the family refrigerator.
According to documents, the golden croaker has the scientific name Otolithoides biauritus, also known as the yellowfin croaker, double golden croaker or headfish. This is the largest fish in the croaker family of the Perch order, with a size of up to 160cm and a weight of over 120kg.
The yellow croaker is considered a rare fish because it has a very special swim bladder, which is used in medicine in developed countries as a very effective tool. Specifically, the swim bladder of the yellow croaker is the organic material to produce a type of self-dissolving suture that can self-destruct after surgery for patients, does not cause damage to tissue, and minimizes the risk of infection.
Fresh yellow croaker meat also has a delicious taste, dried fish maw is a food with high nutritional value.
In fact, the golden croaker is widely distributed in estuaries in some regions of Vietnam such as the estuaries of the Red River Delta and the Mekong River. Other countries where this fish species also appears are China, India, etc.
However, this fish is very rare and has special medicinal value, so it is very expensive. This fish lives in the sea but has the habit of going to brackish estuaries to mate and lay eggs during the spawning season. The young fish go up to fresh water deep inland to live and after about 1-2 years will gradually find their way to the sea./.
