Smooth specialty, crawling on rocks, priced at more than 6.5 million/kg, also available in Vietnam

Published 2024년 6월 20일

Tridge summary

A species of jelly fish, resembling an eel-catfish hybrid, has become one of the most expensive freshwater fish in China due to its rarity and specific living conditions. These jelly fish are characterized by their ugliness and small meat yield, but their high price reflects their nobility in the fish world. Living only in clean water, mainly in mountain streams, their reproduction is not very strong, leading to a small egg count and low survival rate of juveniles. As a result, their scarcity has driven the price to over 2,000 yuan/kg (more than 6.5 million VND/kg). In Vietnam, these jelly fish are found in the Gam River and are known as 'nami fried' or 'Gam river fried'.
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Original content

This species is small, has little meat, has poor fertility, but still has an incredibly high price. Looking half like an eel and half like a catfish, this strangely shaped species is called lady jelly fish (fish crawling on rocks). Despite their ugly appearance, they are considered "noble" in the freshwater fish world. Their price once even reached more than 2,000 yuan/kg (more than 6.5 million VND/kg), an expensive "noble" specialty in China. The jellyfish has a big head and small tail, a wide mouth, a flat head, and a bulge in the front. They have teeth, thick lips, and wrinkles on the body surface that resemble suction cups. On their heads there are a total of 4 pairs of antennae. Previously, in the 1960s, people did not have a good impression of jellyfish because they were small and had little meat. They also have spines on their bodies, making preparation very inconvenient, so people only use them as food for ducks. However, about a few decades later, the lady jelly fish ...

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