The world's largest freshwater fish can weigh more than 600 kilograms, but it can't survive 6 kilograms in China

Everyone knows that China is known as a big country of foodies. In terms of eating, Chinese people are very good at eating, and they are also very edible. Speaking of being able to eat, China has a variety of cooking techniques for food. Even things that don’t look good to everyone can be turned into food in the hands of Chinese chefs, and even some exotic species can be inseparable from people. Open delicacies, such as crayfish.

As an exotic species, crayfish has now become a delicacy in China, and it is the favorite of many people, especially when eating supper. Lobster, but a kind of fish called - Giant Toothless.

It may be the first time that most of my friends have heard of this fish. In fact, this fish is also known as the Mekong giant catfish. It is one of the largest freshwater fish in the world. 2.5-3 meters, the weight can reach 200-300 kilograms, and the largest one even exceeds 600 kilograms.

The fish is mainly native to the main stream of the Mekong River in Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos and Thailand, and is now occasionally found in China. As an omnivorous fish, they mainly feed on aquatic plants and algae, but are very aggressive and grow very fast.

However, the reproductive capacity is not particularly fast, but in foreign countries, this kind of fish is relatively large, but in China, this kind of fish is very, very small. It is understood that in 1986, China introduced southern China from Thailand for breeding, but this kind of fish is really miserable in China, basically it will not exceed 6 kilograms.

According to the editor, this Mekong catfish grows slowly in the first year, and only grows very fast in the third year, generally speaking. It takes 4 months to grow from 17 grams of fry to 620 grams, and the fish that are too large are not easy to sell, so the Mekong giant catfish, when it arrives in China, usually grows less than 6 kilograms, it is salvaged and sold.

Not to mention in the wild, people may have been caught by people before they grow to six kilograms, which also shows that Chinese foodies are really powerful, as long as they are delicious, they will escape the mouths of Chinese foodies.