How to distinguish Vietnamese snakehead fish and Chinese bananas

Snakehead fish, also known as fruit fish, banana fish, is a type of fish often featured in the tray of Vietnamese rice. Not only delicious, snakehead fish also brings a very abundant source of nutrients. Snakehead consumption in Vietnam is also very strong.

Based on such demand, many places have imported Chinese snakehead fish or raised Chinese snakehead fish at cheaper prices to market, so women do not know what is the traditional Vietnamese snakehead fish or eat, what is Chinese snakehead fish? For this reason, this article will show you how to distinguish the two types of snakehead fish easily.

1. Distinguish snakehead fish through the shape of the fish

Vietnam's snakehead fish has a prominent and easily recognizable feature that is: small in weight, elongated body and tail, with blue flower spots, black and yellow.

Chinese snakehead fish are large floor to floor, or lie down due to long shipping time.

Chinese snakeheads have a larger body, can be up to 100cm in length, even up to 150cm long. The fins are fairly long on the back, the head is small and flattened forward. Its color is from golden brown to light brown, with dark spots on the sides and saddle-shaped spots on the back.

2. Distinguishing snakehead fish at primary processing

Snakehead fish in Vietnam, when preliminary processing, we will see that the fish is more viscous, less fishy, ​​less fat belly, firm meat.

Chinese snakehead fish will clearly see right from the time you make the fish, the belly will be more fat, more fishy, ​​the meat smells, pasty.

3. Differentiate snakehead fish after cooking

Vietnamese snakehead fish, after cooked, you will feel the fragrant fish meat, the meat is tough, supple and strong.

Chinese fish are stiffer meat, fish taste is also faint, odorless.