What is the difference between a yellow eel and a loach?

Varieties are different:Loach: Loach belongs to the loach family, which is more distributed in the south of China and less common in the north.

It can be harvested all year round, most often in summer, and after the loaches are caught, they can be used fresh or dried. It can be eaten and used as medicine.

Loaches are known as "ginseng in the water". Yellow eel: Eel belongs to the order Gillfish, the family Gillfish, and the genus Yellow Eel. It is also known as yellow eel, Luo eel, snake fish, blood eel, common fish, long fish, etc.

Different body types:Loach: Loach.

The body is oblong cylindrical, the tail is flattened laterally, and the mouth is lower, and it is horseshoe-shaped.

There are 5 pairs of mouth whiskers, 3 pairs of upper jaws, larger, and 2 pairs of lower jaws, one large and one small.

The caudal fin is rounded, with small scales, buried under the skin.

The dorsal and dorsal sides of the body are grayish-black with small black spots.

The lower half of the body is white or light yellow.

Yellow eel: The body is slender and serpentine, the front of the body is rounded and the back is flattened, and the tail tip is thin.

The head is long and rounded, the mouth is large, the mouth is in a terminal position, the upper jaw is slightly prominent, and the lips are quite developed.

The difference between yellow eel and loach is: different species, different body types, and different nutrients.

1. Different varieties

Loach belongs to the loach family, which can be harvested throughout the year, can be used fresh or dried, can also be eaten and used in medicine, and is known as "ginseng in water"; Eel belongs to the order of gillfish, the family of gillfish, the production period is from June to October, with the fattest production from June to August, and the nutritional value is very high.

2. Different body types

The loach has scales, the body is long cylindrical, the mouth is subordinate, it is horseshoe-shaped, the tail is flattened, the upper jaw is 3 pairs, larger, the mouth whiskers are 5 pairs, the lower jaw is 2 pairs, one large and one small, the tail fin is round, the scales are small, buried under the skin, the dorsal and dorsal sides of the body are grayish-black, and there are small black spots.

the lower half of the lateral body is white or light yellow; The eel has no scales, the body is slender and serpentine, the tip of the tail is thin, the front of the body is round and the back is flattened, the lip is quite developed, the mouth is large, the end position is position, and the upper jaw is slightly prominent.

3. The nutrients are different

Each 100g loach contains calories, fat, fiber, local vitamins, carbohydrate protein, rich in nutrition, delicious meat, rich in protein and a variety of vitamins; Each 100g of yellow eel contains 80g of water, 38mg of fat protein calcium, 1g of ash, 150mg of phosphorus and iron.

The habits of yellow eels and loaches

1. The living habits of yellow eel

Yellow eel likes to burrow in the humus mud or burrow in the stone crevices with water on the embankment during the day, and forage for food at night, the oral skin fold can be respirated, with the help of the inner wall epidermis of the oral cavity and laryngeal cavity as an auxiliary organ for breathing, it can directly breathe air, in the winter and dry season, it will dig holes as deep as 1-2 meters underground, several fish cohabit, and can survive when the oxygen content in the water is very poor.

2. The living habits of loaches

Loach is active in the sediment or in the sediment of the bottom land tolerant layer of water, and the tentacles and lateral lines are very sensitive, but because they like to lie in the day and emerge at night, their eyesight deteriorates in the dark environment for a long time, and the tentacles and lateral lines play a key role in early spring in avoiding enemies and foraging activities.

It usually uses gill respiration, but it can also perform intestinal respiration, and it has a strong tolerance for low dissolved oxygen, and can survive for a long time in a water-scarce environment as long as the soil remains moist.

The species are different: the yellow eel belongs to the genus Yellow Eel of the family Hipgill family, and the loach belongs to the loach genus of the family Loachidae. The shape is different:

The yellow eel is elongated and the loach is short. Habits are different: yellow eels breathe through the mouth and larynx, and loaches breathe through gills and intestines.

How to distinguish: Yellow eel with a large head and no whiskers, and loaches on the contrary.

1. Different varieties

The biggest difference between yellow eel and loach is that the varieties of the two are different, yellow eel is also called eel, which belongs to the genus Yellow eel of the family of gill fish, and loach is a loach fish belonging to the family of loaches, which is a different species from the fundamental attributes, and loaches are mainly distributed in the south.

2. The shape is different

The body size of the yellow eel is relatively slender, similar to the snake shape, and the overall color is yellow-brown, while the loach is relatively short and cylindrical, the color of the back and sides is gray-black, and the lower part of the body is white.

3. Different habits

Although the yellow eel and the loach are both demersal fish, their living habits are very different, the yellow eel likes to burrow in the humus-rich silt, mainly through the mouth and larynx cavity, while the loach mainly lives in the bottom mud, often breathing through the gills and intestines.

4. Identification method

The identification method of yellow eel and loach is mainly from the appearance, the head is relatively large, there is no whisker and the tail is relatively sharp, on the contrary, the mouth is sharper, there are whiskers on both sides, and the tail is as wide as a fan.

The difference between the eel and the loach is manifested in the species, appearance and habitat.

1. Different varietiesThe yellow eel is a member of the genus Yellow Eel in the family Gillfish, and the loach is a loach animal of the family Loachidae.

2. The shape is differentThe body of the yellow eel is lubricated and scaleless, the back is yellowish-brown, the abdomen is lighter, there are irregular spots all over the body, the fins are underdeveloped and basically disappear, and there is only one three-edged thorn on the whole body, with few spines and thick flesh. The loach has a grayish-brown dorsal part with a white underside and irregular black spots on the sides. There are also spots on the dorsal and caudal fins.

There is a large black spot above the base of the caudal fin. The other fins are grayish-white.

3. The habitat environment is differentYellow eel is a tropical and warm temperate fish, benthic fish, and has strong adaptability. It lives at the bottom of water bodies and can be found in muddy waters such as rice paddies, lakes, ponds, rivers and ditches, as well as swamps, flooded fields and wetlands. Likes to drill cave dwellings.

Loaches like to live in still water or gentle river waters with bottom silt, which is diurnal and nocturnal, adaptable, and can live in an environment rich in humus.