What are the specialties of Chaohu Lake?

The whitebait in Chaohu Lake is produced in Chaohu Lake. It is cylindrical, scaleless, transparent, colorless and smooth, and is known as the Queen of Chaohu Lake. The big whitebait is a noodle fish, with a body length of1.5 ~ 20cm, and the small whitebait is 4 ~ 7cm long, with soft and spineless bones, fresh and delicious, and rich nutrition.

Second, Chaohu crabs

Chaohu crab, Eriocheir sinensis and Eriocheir sinensis belong to Eriocheir sinensis. They are tasteless, rustic and delicious. Chaohu crabs live and grow in fresh water, but they have the habit of reproductive migration. In the past, after the first frost every year, adult crabs swam out of the lake in droves and laid eggs at the boundary between shallow water and salty water, and the eggs stuck to the abdomen of the female crab. In the late spring and early summer of the following year, the female crab swam back to the river to hatch. After molting and metamorphosis, the larvae develop into young crabs, and then travel long distances along the journey taken by their parents and swim back to Chaohu Lake to live.

Third, chaohu duck.

Duck is mainly produced in the water network area of Chaohu City, and has a long history of artificial breeding. Wuwei and Lujiang are recorded in the historical records of the Qing Dynasty, and there are tens of millions of them raised every year. Chaohu duck has a well-proportioned and compact figure, and its feathers are mainly black and gray, full of luster, with orange webbed toes and black claws. Strong feet. Agile, good at diving, strong foraging ability, suitable for stocking along lakes and polder areas.

Four, Chaohu white shrimp

Chaohu white shrimp, scientific name beautiful white shrimp. White shrimp is processed into shrimp skin, also called shrimp, and fresh water is also called lake rice. Chaohu Lake and Hongze Lake are the two major rice producing areas in China. At present, Chaohu shrimp are exported to Hong Kong, Macao, Japan and Southeast Asia. In the composition of shrimp in Chaohu Lake, white shrimp accounts for about 80%, and the annual catch reaches thousands of tons.

Five, Chaohu hairy fish

The scientific name is bonito lake, also known as Coilia ectenes, grass carp and anchovies. It was called sliced fish in ancient times. According to legend, the shavings made by Lu Ban during the construction of the middle hall of Chaohu Lake changed, hence the name. Hairy carp is an important small economic fish in Chaohu Lake, which has always occupied a large proportion, accounting for about 80% of the total output. The hairy fish in Chaohu Lake is shaped like a knife, with a slightly flat body, a slightly blue-gray back and the rest are silvery white. Hairy fish in Chaohu Lake swim very fast, and the meat is tender, fat but not greasy, which is different from whitebait in Chaohu Lake.