"This should be a six-banded trevally..."
Feng Ye muttered to himself, his voice tinged with a mixture of excitement and uncertainty.
"Six-banded trevally, is that the name of this fish?"
Standing to the side, Feng Xuan asked curiously.
"Yes, it's the six-banded trevally."
Feng Ye nodded heavily.
"Oh, she looks about the same size as Zhang Hong, I thought she was Zhang Hong's relative."
"You could say that the six-banded trevally and the red trevally are both fish in the family Carangidae, but they belong to different genera."
"No need to say so much."
Feng Xuan waved his hand. "I just want to know, is this fish valuable? How does it compare to Zhang Hong's?"
This is his biggest concern.
"Uh...this..."
Feng Ye was stumped by the question.
He really didn't know the price of six-banded trevally at this time, and he had never caught one before.
All he knew was that the fish would be incredibly cheap from now on, costing less than 10 yuan per pound.
"It shouldn't be expensive, and it can't compare to Zhang Hong's."
Feng Ye pondered for a moment before giving his judgment.
"Oh, it's a cheap item!"
A hint of disappointment appeared on Feng Xuan's face.
He thought he had stumbled upon a large school of fish and was about to make a fortune.
I never expected that this fish would be worthless.
"It doesn't matter if it's cheap, as long as there's a lot of it."
"That's true."
As long as the catch is large enough, even if it's cheap, it can still fetch a good price.
Feng Ye casually tossed the fish aside and was about to tidy up the hand-thrown net to continue casting, when he noticed some small yellow fish mixed in with a pile of six-banded trevally.
He picked one up and looked at it, only to find that it was a schizothorax.
"What kind of fish is this?"
Feng Xuan also grabbed one and asked, like a curious child.
"This is a split-lipped fish, also known as a doctor fish..."
Fish in the ocean can also get sick because they can become plagued by parasites, mold, dirt, and other contaminants if they don't clean themselves regularly.
Since fish living on the seabed don't have hands, it's not easy for them to clean themselves.
Fortunately, in the ocean, there are some fish that feed specifically on parasites, bacteria, or decaying flesh from wounds on the bodies, mouths, and gills of other fish.
The blue-banded ...
This fish swims in a way that resembles a piece of paper floating in the water, hence its other name, "Floating Fish."
The juvenile fish are black with blue stripes, and as they grow up, they turn yellow with black stripes.
Its lower jaw has a very special shape, with a protruding snout, which is suitable for capturing parasites that live on the skin, mouth and gills of fish.
The schizothorax feeds on parasites that are removed from the body, mouth, or gills of larger fish.
Therefore, the schizothorax has other names such as "doctor fish", "fish doctor", and "cleaner fish".
Cleftlip fish
The big fish not only don't eat them, but sometimes even approach them on their own initiative, which means they are very popular with the big fish.
Even fierce carnivorous fish, such as grouper and skipjack tuna, are very friendly to blue-banded cichlids and will not harm them.
When other fish see a cleft lip fish, they will make a specific gesture or movement.
Let the schistocerca slither along its body, mouth, and gills, picking out parasites and dead skin along the way, giving them a "feast".
As the saying goes, "No merchant is without guile."
The schizothorax also uses tricks when giving its "clients" a thorough cleaning service.
They prefer to eat the protective mucus on the skin of their "customers" rather than the parasites on the "customers'" bodies.
If the "customers" are not blindly enjoying themselves, but are watching whether the wrasses are working diligently, they will refrain from this little trick in order to maintain their reputation.
Once the "customers" discover the crickets' cheating behavior, they will relentlessly pursue them.
At this point, the schizothorax will try to compensate by offering a fin massage as an "extra cleaning service".
Apart from highly intelligent mammals like dolphins, chimpanzees, and humans, who apologize and reconcile after a conflict, there are other species involved.
The split-lipped fish may be the only non-mammal capable of making amends for its mistakes.
The schistocerca is giving other fish a full-body spa treatment.
However, there was one thing that puzzled Feng Ye.
The cleft-lipped fish is a typical coral reef fish, relying on the coral reef environment for survival and ecological functions.
They typically establish fixed "cleaning stations" in coral reefs to remove parasites and necrotic tissue from the bodies of other large fish.
Now, however, they have left the coral reefs to come and clean the bodies of the six-banded trevally.
This is quite unusual.
However, he didn't investigate further.
There are so many strange things in the world, it's impossible to figure them all out.
The most important thing now is to catch this wave of six-banded trevally.
"How do you recognize all kinds of fish? You even know about this strange and unusual fish."
"I'm well-informed."
"What nonsense about being knowledgeable and worldly-wise. Do you think I don't know what you're like?"
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