Danshui Fish > Dali Schizothorax
  Bow fish, also known as Dali, is Cypriniformes Cyprinidae.
  Commonly known as Bow fishing rod fish
  Latin name schizothorax taliensis.
  180 ~ 285 mm in length. Head small, mouth slightly pointed. Physical side of the flat or slightly flat side, back edge of the bulge, the abdomen rounded. Back and side are sweetlips, bare chest and ventral surface without scales before. Shiny silver body, back, Fan Qing light.
  Feeding in still water, the main food for zooplankton. Spawning when the water requirements of the environment.
  Distributed in the Erhai Lake in Dali, Yunnan, endemic to China. Quality of delicate, delicious, an important economic value. In recent years the introduction of alien species and Dali Erhai bow fierce competition between the fish, while building the weir river water mountain streams, most of the destruction of spawning grounds, resulting in sharp drop in their number, become an endangered species. Need to strengthen the protection and actively domesticating and breeding in order to restore their numbers.
  Ii-class protected animals belong to the state
  Dali Schizothorax (schizothorax (racoma) taliensis) is Cypriniformes, Cyprinidae, subfamily Schizothorax, Schizothorax is, crack Tajiri fish subgenus. Commonly known as: bow fish, pole fish. English Name: dali schizothoracin.
  Endangerment: Endangered. China National Grade Ⅱ protection of wild animals.
  Dali and other crack Schizothorax different fishes, is a living environment suitable for the type of still water in the lake in the middle on the open water area of ​​activity. Intake of animal food-stuffs, mainly zooplankton, especially cladocerans to a maximum, followed by copepods and insects, and small insect larvae, eggs, and occasionally see green algae and filamentous algae food. Reproductive season in April-May, the brood fish in groups from the various tributaries of the lake or back to the Gully, or clustered around a cave in the water environment, spawning, eggs sink to the bottom on the gravel. General female than male for large. In the reproductive period, females rarely feeding or stop feeding, and consumption of wealth stored in body fat body.
  Dali Schizothorax fish endemic to China, distributed in Yunnan Erhai Lake and its water system.
  Dali Schizothorax as a specialty Dali Erhai economic fish, accounting for the history of Erhai catch about 30%, size is not large (the larger up to 200-300 mm in length, 200-250g, small only 50-100 grams), but yield great. Flesh greasy, nutritious, delicious meat beauty; its subfamily fish roe and Schizothorax many different types, non-toxic eggs, delicious, edible, so the people eating it, to the called Yunnan specialties. In addition to the supply of local fresh, preserved through the processing, marketing of the province, and some for export. The meat for medicinal, fresh with a nourishing, bleeding, detoxification, women attending strain, uterine bleeding, blood, phlegm in children, the wind pain, erysipelas embolism.
  Dali Schizothorax fish spawning and many venues in the lake shallows, into streams and bays in the lake the fish ditch, Yudong in. Since the 1970s, the Erhai Lake water level dropped, dozens of fish ditch, Yudong all dried up, coupled with the introduction of alien species, a large number of swallows its eggs, coupled with cool fishing overfishing, destruction of resources is extremely serious, is now threatened with extinction .
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