"These sea goldfish are worth this price each." The young man in leather jacket said complacently, "Look how beautiful they are."
Xiang Yang smiled.
This person is indeed a liar.
What kind of sea goldfish is this? It's clearly a micro goby.
However, what the young man in leather jacket said was right, that is, these fish are worth the price, and far more than this price.
Xiang Yang smiled and nodded, then continued to look at the young man in leather jacket and asked, "Where did you catch these sea goldfish?"
The young man in leather jacket became alert immediately. He looked at Xiang Yang and said, "How could you catch it? I trained it myself."
Xiang Yang rolled his eyes inwardly. If this guy really had the ability to breed micro gobies, why would he set up a stall in this seafood market
"Ten dollars a piece?" Xiang Yang squatted down and continued to ask.
Xiang Yang leaned over and looked carefully at the tiny gobies in the tank.
Goby is one of the largest families of fish. There are more than 2,000 known goby species in the world. Most of the gobies are very small, with a body length generally not exceeding ten centimeters. Among them, the microgoby is the shortest vertebrate in the world. Even an adult is only 1 to 2 centimeters long.
What does it mean to be a vertebrate that is one to two centimeters in size
After peeling off the skin, there is only a bone and almost no flesh.
"Yes, ten yuan each. Don't underestimate them because they are small. Look at the pink one. It's so pretty. If you buy it back, your kids at home will definitely like it." The young man in leather jacket introduced to Xiang Yang enthusiastically.
The pink goby that the young man in leather jacket pointed to was sucking itself onto the wall of the water tank and lying motionless.
This is the biggest difference between micro goby and ordinary fish. The pelvic fins on its abdomen have evolved into a suction cup shape.
Micro gobies are very good at using the pelvic fin suckers. They can use them freely and often use them to fix themselves on rocks or corals.
Some micro gobies like to stick to the wall of the bathtub even when they are kept in an aquarium.
This is the best way to distinguish gobies. Just based on this point, you can identify the micro goby at a glance.
Micro goby is also called big burger dwarf goby. They are very popular among some marine aquarium enthusiasts because they have a life characteristic that is very popular.
This characteristic is called - growing like a summer flower.
That's right.
Life is as brilliant as summer flowers.
The life span of micro gobies is only 59 days. In less than two months, they must complete what vertebrates take more than ten years or even decades to accomplish: birth - growth - marriage - reproduction - death.
Compared with a life span of 59 days, the micro goby has a shorter reproduction cycle of only 25 days.
During these 25 days, the female micro goby can lay three piles of up to 100 eggs. After laying eggs, the life of the female fish has come to an end.
It only takes three weeks for the eggs to turn into adult micro gobies, after which they will follow the life trajectory of their parents, continue to get married and have children, and reproduce from generation to generation.
59 days, a very short life.
Although short, micro gobies will make full use of every minute and every second.
Those who like to keep micro gobies in marine aquariums like the fact that because of their short life span, micro gobies live more devotedly and enthusiastically than other fish.
Their short lives are like the gorgeous but short-lived summer flowers.
According to the Guinness World Records, the microgoby is the fastest growing fish in the world, the smallest vertebrate discovered by scientists, and also the vertebrate with the shortest lifespan in the world.
Xiang Yang took out a hundred yuan from his pocket and handed it to the young man in the leather jacket, saying, "Give me ten."
The people watching nearby were very surprised, "Are you really buying it?"
Chen Qingsheng was also very surprised. Since Xiang Yang had made a bid, it must be that this 'sea goldfish' was worth buying. He couldn't understand why Xiang Yang would only buy ten instead of all of them if the fish was valuable.
Xiang Yang had his own plans.
If you have ten healthy micro gobies, someone who knows how to breed micro gobies can easily breed a population of micro gobies. Ten is enough for him, and any more would be a waste of money.
Although ten dollars is not a lot of money, Xiang Yang is unwilling to be taken advantage of.
Xiang Yang thought that if he could come across red-banded micro goby, big-foot micro goby, or Chagos Island micro goby in the future, he would definitely buy them. If he could sell these micro gobies together, the price could be doubled.
The young man in leather jacket took Xiang Yang's money, immediately smiled, and packed ten micro gobies for Xiang Yang in a bag.
The young man in leather jacket was still not satisfied, he said: "Boss, how about you give me your phone number, if you want this kind of fish again in the future, you can call me anytime?"
"No." Xiang Yang refused with a smile: "I might sell this fish in the future."
The young man in leather jacket immediately had a head full of question marks. He would change the water in the bathtub every day when he got home, but he had no idea that these small fish, which were extremely easy to die, would actually lay eggs every once in a while.
"Carry this." Xiang Yang handed the water bag to Chen Qingsheng and said, "We will go buy a small fish tank later."
Chen Qingsheng took the water bag and looked at Xiang Yang with a puzzled look on his face.
If these fish are valuable, why not buy them all
If they are not valuable, wouldn't it be a waste of time to spend a hundred dollars to buy these things
But he did not dare to delay and immediately took the water bag and held it in his hand.
Xiang Yang seemed to see through Chen Qingsheng's confusion. He smiled and said, "This fish is a treasure. When I bought these ten fish, I actually bought a whole group. I can take these fish home to raise and spread the news later. If there are aquarium enthusiasts who want to buy them, they can come to me and buy them."
"A tribe?"
"Yes, a population of these fish reproduces very quickly, but also dies very quickly. If we put them in a large water tank, we will be able to produce thousands of such fish in just a few months," Xiang Yang explained.
"hiss-"
Chen Qingsheng took a deep breath after hearing this. "Could this fish be growing by cell division?"
The young man in leather jacket also pricked up his ears immediately. It was not easy to catch this fish. He had to wear diving goggles and search carefully on the seabed. Sometimes he could only catch a few in a whole day.
Xiang Yang smiled at the young man in leather jacket, then turned to Chen Qingsheng and said, "Yes, it is split growth. You will know the specific operation when you return."
Chen Qingsheng nodded immediately. He knew that Xiang Yang didn't want to tell the secret to the young man in leather jacket.
"No, brother, big brother." The young man in leather jacket pricked up his ears, but Xiang Yang stopped talking halfway, so he howled like a ghost.