The female angler pulls up a red and very long creature: A rare sea dragon, only 'rich people dare to eat'

A female angler unexpectedly caught a creature with a very long red body. This creature has a mouth that makes up nearly a third of its body length. So what is the identity of this sea creature? Let's find out through the following article.

The strange creature was caught by the female archer.

The mysterious creature above is a scaleless spearfish (scientific name: Fistularia petimba) - a rare species of fish in the same family as seahorses, living in regional and subtropical areas. They can live in both saltwater and brackish water, where there are reefs or corals.

The length of this fish usually falls about 100 cm, the maximum size is 200 cm. They prefer to live at a depth of 18 - 57 m with food mainly on small fish and shrimp and feeding time mainly at dusk.

Scallop fish.

The javelin's long mouth helps them suck up small creatures or dig deep into narrow rock crevices to catch prey hiding inside. In Vietnam, there is also this strange fish, people often call them red pompano.

In which, red snapper mainly concentrates in sea areas with coral reefs in the Central region (Da Nang, Quang Nam, Binh Dinh.). This fish has a lot of meat, there is only one backbone in the middle, the meat contains many nutrients, so it is an expensive dish.

Fish meat is a great source of protein, calcium, iron. to help create red blood cells, omega-3 fatty acids, low fat, lots of vitamins like niacin, B6 and minerals like calcium, iron. In addition, This fish is also used as medicine (the name of this fish in medicine is sea dragon fish).

According to Bien Hoa Fresh Seafood page, the price of red snapper in Da Nang seafood restaurants can be around 1 million VND. Therefore, this is a dish that only "rich people dare to eat" because of its high price and increasingly scarce.