Huaiyuan loach

Huaiyuan loach is a specialty of Huaiyuan County, Bengbu City, Anhui Province. The species of Huaiyuan loach are mainly Paraloach and True Loach, which are sold in Shanghai, Guangzhou, Wuhan and other big cities, and the products are in short supply. Misgurnus anguillicaudatus, commonly known as Misgurnus anguillicaudatus, usually lives at the bottom of water, and has a mixed diet, with a body length of 12 to 18 cm and a weight of 10 to 25 g. The female is 2 to 3 times heavier than the male. Misgurnus anguillicaudatus is a small economic fish with low fat, low cholesterol and high protein, and has the reputation of "ginseng in water". Can be braised, stewed and fried to make a variety of delicious dishes. According to Compendium of Materia Medica and Addendum of Materia Medica, loach is sweet, flat, non-toxic, dampness-eliminating, thirst-quenching, spleen and kidney-benefiting, and has certain curative effects on hepatitis, night sweats in children, skin itching, traumatic injuries, hemorrhoids and scabies. Huaiyuan County has 300,000 mu of rivers, lakes and ponds, and more than 200,000 mu of water surface can be cultivated. It is a big aquatic product breeding county in Anhui Province. Misgurnus anguillicaudatus and Misgurnus anguillicaudatus are the main species. Paraloach, also known as yellow loach and flat loach, has a high reputation in the international market; Real loach, also called loach, round loach and green loach, is sold in Shanghai, Guangzhou, Wuhan and other big cities, and the products are in short supply. Misgurnus anguillicaudatus has strong environmental adaptability, and can grow in rivers, ditches, paddy fields, ponds, lakes and reservoirs. Since the beginning of the new century, Huaiyuan county has vigorously promoted the artificial breeding technology of loach according to the international market conditions, and carried out artificial breeding and breeding of loach by using low-lying land, ditch pond and rice field. Macheng, Weizhuang, Xunying, Feinan, Lanqiao and other artificial loach breeding bases have been built, with an artificial stocking area of more than 10,000 mu. Among them, more than 2,000 mu are cultivated in ponds. The annual output of commercial loach is more than 2,400 tons, and it is exported to foreign countries for more than 300 tons. Huaiyuan loach became famous and became another fist product of special aquaculture after Huaiyuan soft-shelled turtle, snakehead, mandarin fish, shrimp and eel.
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