Muddy, slender, slightly cylindrical at the front. The back side is flat, the abdomen is round and the head is small. Small, low, horseshoe. Eyes are small, no thorns under the eyes. Must be 5 pairs. The scales are extremely small, round and buried under the skin. The back and sides of the body are gray and black. The whole body has many small black spots. There are also many black spots on the head and fins. The spots on the dorsal fin and caudal fin membranes line up. The base of the tail shank has a distinct dark spot. All other fins are gray and white. Loach is widely distributed in Asia, China, Japan, North Korea, Russia and India. Can be used as medicine.
Muddy meat is delicious, nutritious, rich in protein, there are a variety of vitamins, and has medicinal value, is a popular aquatic products.
Loach contains less fat, less cholesterol, is a high-protein low-fat foods, and contains an unsaturated fatty acid like valeric acid, is beneficial to the body's anti-vascular aging, it is beneficial to the elderly and cardiovascular patients . Loach and tofu cook together, with good tonic and therapeutic function; applied to Diabetes: loach, fresh lotus leaf soup.