英文名: Pond smelt
地方名: 公鱼、黄瓜香
分类地位: 鲑形目,胡瓜鱼科,公鱼属
形态特征: 体长而侧扁,头长大于体高,尾柄较细。口端位,口裂较大,上下颌具绒毛状细齿,上颌骨后延至眼下缘。眼大。侧线不完全。背鳍与腹鳍相对。胸鳍较小。具脂鳍。背鳍ii- 7~11;臀鳍ii- 11~17。纵列鳞55~63。背部呈淡褐色或浅草绿色,体侧银白色,背部鳞片边缘有暗色小斑。各鳍灰黑色。
生态习性: 冷水性鱼类,栖息于水温低、水质清澈的水域中,喜在岸边集群游动。食性以浮游动物为主。为1 年生鱼类,少数可存活到第二年。
地理分布: 原产于黑龙江。20 世纪90 年代引入宁夏。
经济价值: 小型经济鱼类,肉质细嫩具清香味,具有一定的经济价值。
ENGLISH NAME:Pond smelt
LOCAL NAME:Gongyu; Huangguaxiang
CLASSIFICATION:Salmoniformes;Osmeridae; Hypomesus
MORPHOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS: Long body in compressed shape; head is longer than body’s width, and the caudal eduncle is slender; terminal mouth; big rima oris; the viliform thin teeth grow both in upper jaw and lower jaw, and maxilla extends back to eye’s lower margin; big eyes, incompleted lateral line; dorsal fin is opposite to ventral fin; pectoral fin is relatively small; it has adipose fin; dorsal fin ii-7~11; anal fin ii-11~ 17; scales in tandem 55~63; its back is in hazel or light prasinous, body side is silvery white; the margin of back scales have small dark spots; fins are grey black.
ECOLOGICAL HABITS:It is a coldwater fish, which inhabits in clear water area with low wa-ter temperature, and likes to swim around banks in group. It lives on zooplankton; its life lasts for one year, and only a few of them may live for two years.
GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION: It is originated from Heilongjiang and was introduced in Ningxia in 1990's.
ECONOMIC VALUE:It is a minitype commercial fish with delicious taste, faint scent and a certain economic value.