What are the specialties of Chaohu Lake?

The whitebait in Chaohu Lake is known as the "Queen of Chaohu Lake". It is slender, cylindrical, transparent and scaleless, as white as silver. The whitebait in Chaohu Lake is dense and delicious. Can be made into whitebait steamed eggs, whitebait scrambled eggs, whitebait soup, etc.

2. Chinese soft-shelled turtle crab

The head and breastplate of Chinese soft-shelled turtle crab are square and hard. There are a pair of eyes at the front of the body and two pairs of very sharp crab teeth on the side. A pair of appendages at the front end of the crab are called claw feet, and the surface is covered with fluff; There are 4 pairs of walking feet behind the claw feet, which are flat and long; Abdominal limbs have degenerated.

Chinese soft-shelled turtle crab is commonly known as river crab, crab or hairy crab. Generally, it weighs 2~4 Liang, and can be steamed, crab paste, crab soup, etc. That is delicious.

3, Chaohu hairy fish

The scientific name of hairy fish in Chaohu Lake is lake Coilia, also known as Coilia ectenes, grass carp and anchovies. It was called sliced fish in ancient times. Legend has it that the shavings made by Lu Ban during the construction of the Middle Temple in Chaohu Lake changed. Shaped like a knife, the body is slightly flat, the fresh back is slightly bluish gray, and the rest is silvery white. The meat is tender, fat but not greasy.

4. Chaohu white shrimp

Chaohu white shrimp is 3 cm -6 cm long and weighs 3 g -6 g, with transparent body, yellow flesh, thin shell and short claws, slightly brown. After cooking, it is white, soft and glutinous, and tastes delicious.

5. Crouching Tiger and Red Fish

Erythroculter ilishaeformis is the dominant species of large-scale economic fish in Chaohu Lake, accounting for 38 ~ 50% of the total output of large-scale fish in Chaohu Lake, and it is the main fish that constitutes the output of large-scale fish in Chaohu Lake. Erythroculter ilishaeformis is large in size, slender in body, flat on its side and willow-shaped. Keep the back of your head straight and raise it. Eyes are big and round, and scales are small.

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