This fish has a rather strange and beautiful name “mermaid” and has a “strange” shape, especially living in estuaries. Until now, there are still many people who call pufferfish with various names such as rabbit-faced pufferfish, pufferfish grouper, porcupine fish, round-faced rabbit-headed pufferfish.
What is a rabbit face fish?
The reason people call this fish a bunny-faced pufferfish or a rabbit-headed pufferfish is because the face and eyes of this fish are half like a rabbit, half like a pufferfish, and the tail resembles a grouper. This fish is very fierce, has strong fangs, so when fishermen drop their nets to catch fish, the nets are very fierce.
Rabbit-faced fish also have a head and tail like other fish, but the name rabbit-faced fish also comes from the teeth of rabbit-faced fish like rabbit teeth. These sharp teeth can bite fishermen’s nets to escape.
Rabbit face fish with high nutritional value is often sold in restaurants and hotels. However, if you don’t know how to cultivate it, it will become a poisonous specialty.
In Vietnam, this rabbit-faced fish is found in the Binh Thuan sea area, several districts in Ly Son, Quang Ngai.
In addition, there are also other types of rabbit-faced fish that are often caught and are commonly called by the people in Nha Trang by the names of puffy porcupines, dried groupers, and rabbit-eyed pufferfish.
The round-eyed rabbit-head pufferfish is a species of marine fish in the genus Lagocephalus in the pufferfish family.
The harehead pufferfish is distributed throughout the Indo-Pacific waters. This fish when mature will have a maximum size of about 110 cm, the general length is 40 cm. The dorsal area of the hare-faced fish is green with many brown or black spots, the belly is white and silver is long on the side of the chest.
The diet of rabbit-faced fish is quite diverse, especially mollusks, in addition to crustaceans and small fish.
Are rabbit-faced fish poisonous?
According to research by the Nha Trang Oceanographic Institute, out of a total of 17 puffer fish species typical of Vietnamese waters, 8 species “have” poison. Inside, there are 5 highly toxic species that are harmful to human life, including bird-beak pufferfish, rabbit-headed pufferfish, gray pufferfish, striped pufferfish, and turtle-headed pufferfish. The remaining 3 puffer fish species, including yellow pufferfish, ventral pufferfish and Mappa pufferfish, are also capable of causing poisoning in humans.
The round eyed rabbit head puffer fish contains a lot of mixed poison which can easily cause severe poisoning for people to eat
According to research by the Nha Trang Institute of Oceanography, the meat of puffer fish also contains Tetrodotoxin, but less. It should be noted that this poison has complex fluctuations according to time factors, distribution area, masculinity. The research process showed that during the period 2001-2003, no poison was found in the golden puffer, hare hare puffer, but as of 2004, these two fish species appeared to be somewhat toxic.
Or the ash pufferfish from March 2001 and January to August 2002 had no poison, but from September to November 2003 it was very poisonous, until February 2004 only relatively toxic… Due to lack of knowledge Due to this situation, many fishermen had to die unjustly when catching and eating puffer fish.
This fish eats all the weaker fish, even when hungry it can eat all its own. However, rabbit face fish meat is considered delicious and very attractive.
According to research by the Seafood Research Institute, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development Vietnam, the results of the toxicological analysis of parts (meat, skin, liver, intestines, bile, eggs, sperm) of pufferfish, dotted rabbit have different toxicity between parts. Toxins are often concentrated in eggs and liver. The flesh and skin are usually less toxic.
The pufferfish toxin has been identified as Tetrodotoxin. It is a very strong poison, only a very small amount is enough to take the life of a healthy person. Most of the fishermen, when catching puffer fish, believe that the poison of the fish is mainly located in the skin and internal organs and when these parts are removed, they can be eaten freely without worrying about poisoning. And as a result, many people risked their lives because of this thought.
Due to its special nature, rabbit face fish skin is a raw material for producing tissue regeneration collagen, so it is usually peeled immediately after being caught. This is also the reason why rabbit face fish always lack skin.
With rabbit face fish often used in hotels and restaurants, they have high nutritional value. Rabbit face fish skin also brings a significant source of profit for fishermen. Scientists found that rabbit facial fish skin is the raw material for producing tissue regeneration collagen, the price of rabbit facial fish skyrocketed.
Rabbit face fish is a raw material for processing various delicious dishes such as grilled rabbit fish, steamed rabbit face fish, rabbit face fish curry…
Due to its special nature, rabbit face fish skin is a raw material for producing tissue regeneration collagen, so it is usually peeled immediately after being caught. This is also the reason why rabbit face fish always lack skin.
Because of its rare nature and difficult to catch, the price of rabbit face fish is often very high. Fish was often processed and appeared in aristocratic families, famous restaurants and hotels, and served for the enjoyment of the elite.
To catch this rare fish, fishermen have to drop many layers of wrapped nets. If caught in the net, they will struggle and quickly bite the net to escape.
Therefore, this fish is considered “sea grasshopper”, “gold fish, silver fish” because it is difficult to catch and the selling price is very high, around 400,000 VND to 1,000,000 VND/kg depending on size and weight. .
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