Chapter 31: The Anglerfish

"What kind of fish is this, it's so ugly. Su Liang and Su Xiaolin also saw the strange fish.

"Pull it up a little bit and take a closer look. Su Jing said, and the three of them exerted force from the three corners to pull the cage high, and the whole strange fish surfaced.

It was very ugly, almost like a monster, with a smooth, scaleless skin, a flat disc-shaped front half of its body, a cylindrical tail, two eyes on the top of its head, a large mouth as wide as its body, a row of sharp teeth with inward tips on the edge of its mouth, and a pair of very wide fins on its chest, like its arms.

"It's an anglerfish. Su Jing recognized it.

"It turns out that the anglerfish looks like this. "Su Liang and Su Xiaolin had heard of anglerfish, but they never knew that they looked like this, this kind of fish is rare, even if they are born on the seaside, they have never caught them, so they don't know anything about it.

"Don't look at it like this, it's more than two hundred pounds. Su Jing smiled.

"So expensive? This anglerfish is estimated to be twenty catties, that is, at least three or four thousand?" Su Liang and Su Xiaolin were both excited.

"This is still a conservative estimate, such a fresh whole may be more expensive. Su Jing said.

Anglerfish, commonly known as stammering fish, toadfish, sea toad, anglerfish, etc., is a medium-sized demersal fish, generally living at a depth of 200-500 meters below sea level, carnivorous, with the fin spines on the top of the head as bait, the front spines of the dorsal fin are elongated like a fishing rod, and the front end has skin folds to stretch out, which looks very much like bait. Use this bait to shake to lure the prey, and when the prey approaches, it will suddenly bite and catch, and then swallow it in a big gulp.

Anglerfish meat is rich in vitamins A and C, the meat is as tight as a lobster, firm and not loose, full of fiber elasticity, delicious and better than ordinary fish, and rich in collagen. Its tail muscles can be used for fresh food or processed to make fish floss, etc., its fish maw and fish roe are highly nutritious foods, the skin can be made into gelatin, the liver can be taken from cod liver oil, and fish bones are the raw materials for processing Ming bone fishmeal. It is rich in calcium, phosphorus, iron and other trace elements, and its nutritional value is relatively high. Regular consumption of anglerfish liver can help protect eyesight and prevent liver diseases.

In the Kanto region of Japan, the anglerfish is known as the best in the world, and it is known as "the puffer fish in the west and the anglerfish in the east".

"Get it up. Su Liang couldn't wait, for fear that the three or four thousand fish would run away.

"Look, there's two more out there. Su Xiaolin suddenly pulled the net, shook off some miscellaneous fish, and revealed two other anglerfish, each of which was about ten catties, they were motionless, and it was estimated that they were full of other fish.

The three of them hurriedly used their nets to get the three anglerfish up first.

"Ah Jing, aren't we going to build a farm, or do we want to keep them to lay eggs?" Su Liang said.

"I don't know which of the three is male and which is female. Su Xiaolin stared at the three anglerfish for a moment, but didn't notice any difference.

"Hehe, these three are both male and female. Su Jing smiled.

"What do you mean?" Su Liang and Su Xiaolin were both stunned.

"Because the female and the male are all together, most of this body belongs to the female, and this part is ......," Su Jing pointed to the strange lumps on both sides of the anglerfish, and said, "This part belongs to the male." ”

Su Liang and Su Xiaolin still didn't understand anything after hearing this, so Su Jing had to explain in detail.

When anglerfish are young, males and females are separated, males are very small, only one thousandth the size of females, and when they are old enough to mate, they lose their digestive system, and in order to survive, males must find a female and parasitize on the female's body. The male bites the female and releases an enzyme that dissolves the skin tissue and binds to the female.

In this way, the semen of the male enters the body of the female and at the same time obtains the nutrients of the female. However, the male quickly dies, leaving only a mass of testicles, ready to fertilize the egg when the female ovulates.

"It's so big in the world. Su Liang and Su Xiaolin couldn't help but be surprised.

"That means that these three anglerfishes can all lay eggs?" asked Su Liang.

"Theoretically, that's true, but it's too cumbersome to raise juveniles, so we don't do this kind of farming, so we sell them all. "Su Jing's construction of the marine aquaculture farm is not really for fish farming, but for fishing, and it takes several months to harvest fish farming, which is too slow.

The three of them caught all the fish that were not small, and put the ones that were too small back into the sea, and the harvest was two or three hundred catties.

Su Jing immediately made a phone call to Boss Zhao, the owner of the Jinyu Hotel who bought seafood at a high price last time, after all, there are so many fish, and the uncle's seafood shop is far from being consumed, and when Boss Zhao heard that there were three anglerfish of about ten catties, and more than 20 lobsters, he immediately said that he wanted to come over. In fact, Boss Zhao is preparing to entertain some distinguished guests and needs fresh wild seafood, and Su Jing is completely in the snow.

When Su Jing and the three of them moved two or three hundred catties of fish to Zhenhong Seafood Shop, they shocked the villagers again.

"Ah Liang, Xiao Lin, where did you get so many fish?" asked a few men who were fishing with Su Liang and Su Xiaolin a few days ago.

"Hehe, I went to catch it with Ah Jing, and they all said that Ah Jing was unlucky, but you still don't believe it. Su Liang laughed, his high-spirited appearance seemed to be his own credit, but in fact, he was very careful not to say anything about the bait.

Several men were envious, thinking that they really had meat to eat with Su Jing, there were no trash fish in these two or three hundred catties, and there were also precious species such as lobsters and anglerfish, which were estimated to be worth more than 10,000 yuan.

"Good boy, you're really handy. Su Zhenhong also laughed.

"Uncle, what fish do you want, pick it first, and Boss Zhao will come and take the rest later. Su Jing smiled.

"Good. Su Zhenhong naturally wouldn't be polite to Su Jing, and picked some guests to order, but he didn't have the type of water tank, in fact, he picked a total of more than 20 catties.

"What a big anglerfish. A loud voice sounded in the crowd, a middle-aged man with a slightly fat figure and a middle-aged beautiful woman holding a little boy, and a middle-aged man with a tiger's back next to him, walked over side by side.

"Mr. Wang, welcome. Su Jing smiled, the middle-aged man with a slightly fat figure is Wang Zhuo, and the middle-aged man Su Jing has also seen it, I remember that it is called Qian Shufeng, after being kicked out of the Western restaurant yesterday, Wang Zhuo took him to his restaurant to eat.

"When I smelled your steamed meat yesterday, I was greedy, but I didn't eat a bite for my son, and I must try your craftsmanship today. Wang Zhuo said with a smile, looking very good.

"Mr. Wang is here in person, so naturally I won't hide it. Su Jing nodded and smiled, he had a good impression of Wang Zhuo's polite attitude, and Wang Zhuo also punished Boss Li and Zhao Jun for him, and was angry for him, even if he invited Wang Zhuo to eat for free.

"Mr. Su, this seafood restaurant can't run out of so many fish, right?" Qian Shufeng looked at the anglerfish that was more than twenty catties in his eyes.

"I really can't use it up, I'm about to sell them. Su Jing said truthfully.

"Can you sell me this anglerfish, my restaurant is in dire need of such a treasure. Qian Shufeng said a little excitedly.

"......Forehead" Su Jing was stunned, the anglerfish was naturally to be sold, but he had already told Boss Zhao that there were three things, if the uncle picked it up, it would be reasonable, and Boss Zhao would not have an opinion, but selling it to others did not seem to be good.

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