Fishermen in Cua Lo caught a strange fish suspected to be a rare golden croaker.
(Baonghean.vn) - A fisherman in Nghi Thuy ward just caught a strange fish weighing about 6kg, with golden scales, suspected to be a rare golden croaker.
On the evening of September 1, Mr. Nguyen Van Hieu (Dong Tien block, Nghi Thuy ward, Cua Lo town) went squid fishing near Mat island and caught a large fish. According to Mr. Hieu's observation, the fish had a wide and quite pointed mouth, the two sides of the fish's body were a sparkling turmeric yellow. The lower half of the body was silvery white with a slight pink tinge, the head and back were blue-gray. The fish weighed about 6kg and was nearly 1m long.
After being brought ashore, many curious people came to see and many experienced fishermen confirmed that this was a rare golden croaker. Currently, his family is preserving the fish, waiting for verification and selling it to those in need.
The golden croaker (scientific name is Otolithoides biauritus), also known as the yellowfin croaker, is the largest fish in the croaker family, belonging to the perch order (family Sciaenidae), distributed in India, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, China, and Vietnam. The golden croaker is a particularly rare fish, with very high economic value on the world market and is considered "as expensive as gold".
The meat of the yellow croaker is fresh and has a delicious taste. However, the most expensive thing that makes up the billion-dollar value of the yellow croaker is the fish's bladder. Because dried yellow croaker bladder is said to have nutritional value equal to ginseng. In addition, in modern medicine, yellow croaker bladder is used to produce biodegradable sutures in surgeries.