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Tan refers to Basa fish, which is an important freshwater aquaculture species in Southeast Asian countries. It belongs to the order Siluriformes, and the Paugusiushamiltoa of the genus Paugusius is a scaleless fish. It is a high-quality economic fish that is unique to the Mekong River. The Vietnamese transliteration is "CABaSa", which means "three fat fish" because three large pieces of fat accumulate in the abdominal cavity of the fish during its growth, accounting for about 58% of its body weight.

Variety Introduction:

This fish has the advantages of fast growth, large size, high yield, wide diet, easy to raise, white and tender meat, delicious taste, rich nutrition, no intermuscular spines, and easy processing. The seedlings of the same year can grow to 500-800 grams after years of breeding, and can grow to 1500-2000 grams the next year, and the largest individual can reach 15 kilograms.

Living habits:

Basa fish like to gather in groups and often move in the upper and middle water layers. They are omnivorous and can be fed with artificial compound feed. They can swim to the surface to eat when fed. They are tolerant to low oxygen and have low requirements for water quality. They can be farmed at high density. About 3,000 4-5 cm fish are stocked per mu. During the seedling stage, they are mainly fed with small fish and rice bran. In about half a year, the individual weight increases to 600-700 grams. The commodity price is more than 20 yuan.

Basa fish is an important freshwater aquaculture species in Southeast Asian countries. It belongs to the order Siluriformes and the genus Catfish. It is a scaleless fish. It is a unique high-quality economic fish in the Mekong River Basin. The Vietnamese transliteration is "CABaSa", which means "three fat fish" because three large pieces of fat accumulate in the abdominal cavity of the fish during its growth, accounting for about 58% of its body weight.

【Morphological characteristics】

This fish has the advantages of fast growth, large size, high yield, wide diet, easy to raise, white and tender meat, delicious taste, rich nutrition, no intramuscular small spines, and easy processing. The seedlings can grow to 500-800 grams after one year of breeding, and can grow to 1500-2000 grams in the next year. The largest individual can reach 15 kilograms. The appearance of Basa fish is very similar to the white bone fish produced in the Pearl River system of my country.

【Life habits】

Basa fish like to gather in groups and often move in the upper and middle water layers. They are omnivorous and can be fed with artificial compound feed. They can swim to the surface to eat when fed. They are resistant to low oxygen and have low requirements for water quality. They can be farmed at high density. About 3,000 4-5 cm fish are stocked per mu. During the seedling stage, they are mainly fed with small fish and rice bran. In about half a year, the individual weight increases to 600-700 grams. The product price is more than 20 yuan.

【Main Value】

As the cheapest fish sold in supermarkets in Western countries, there are many ways to eat Basa fish, but most of them are based on Asian recipes (Westerners rarely eat freshwater fish, especially farmed fish). Its main consumer group is new immigrants from Asian countries. Because the fish meat itself has a strong earthy smell, it is not recommended to steam or stew it. Most of the Basa fish in Western supermarkets appear in the form of frozen fish fillets (scaleless and boneless, whole pieces of fish meat). It is easier to cook if it is marinated with wine and salt before cooking. It can be used for braising, hot pot, or boiled fish.

Basa fish is an important freshwater aquaculture species in Southeast Asian countries and a unique high-quality economic fish in the Mekong River Basin. It is transliterated as "Kabasa" in Vietnamese, which means "three fat fish" because three large pieces of fat accumulate in the abdominal cavity of the fish during its growth, accounting for about 58% of its body weight.

This fish has the advantages of fast growth, large size, high yield, wide diet, easy breeding, white and tender meat, delicious taste, rich nutrition, no intramuscular small bones, and easy processing. It is often sold as sea fish such as longli fish, porgy, cod, etc.

Additional information:

1. Cultivation of large-sized seedlings: Stock 4-5 cm seedlings at a stocking density of 30,000-50,000 per mu, with a feed rate of 5%. By the end of October, the size reaches 50-100 grams. From the end of October to the end of March of the following year, build a plastic greenhouse for wintering, with a stocking density of 20,000-30,000 per mu, with a feed rate of 1.5-2%. Keep the water temperature above 20°C during the winter.

2. Fish farming: In early April, large-sized overwintering seedlings weighing 100 to 150 grams are stocked, and 4,000 to 5,000 fish are stocked per mu. After 5 months of farming, the fish can reach the commercial specifications of 1.3 to 1.5 kg per fish. Tilapia or pond fish feed (protein content 28% to 32%) can be used instead of feed, with a feeding amount of 3% to 5% and a feed coefficient of about 1.3.

It is easy to breed, has few diseases, and has high yield, with an output of more than 5,000 kg per mu. The breeding cost is about 8 yuan per kilogram, and the price of adult fish is 11 to 12 yuan per kilogram. The breeding benefits are obvious. In recent years, some farmers in Guangdong and Hainan have successfully bred it. With the further expansion of the breeding scale, it is expected to become a new breeding variety welcomed by the majority of farmers.

Reference source: Baidu Encyclopedia-Basa fish

It is an important freshwater aquaculture species in Southeast Asian countries and a unique high-quality economic fish in the Mekong River Basin. It is transliterated as "Kabasa" in Vietnamese, which means "three fat fish", because during the growth of this fish, three large pieces of fat accumulate in the abdominal cavity, accounting for about 58% of its body weight.

Appearance: The body is scaleless and round, with a blue-black back and a white belly. The head is flat and wide, the abdomen is narrow, and the muscles on the sides of the body are thicker. The round head is flat and wide, with a round and wide end, and the snout is fleshy and has white whiskers. There are dark bands on the sides of the body, and the tail fin is darker. The maximum body length can reach 120 cm.