"This fish is pretending to be dead. This is its state of suspended animation. This fish is an ornamental fish. If you really put it in a foam box and cover it with crushed ice, I think it's a waste of the foam box." Xiang Yang said.
"Ornamental fish?"
"Isn't this possible?"
"I know that rich people have different aesthetics from me, but people's aesthetics can't differ so much."
"This fish looks gray and its body seems to be rotting. How can it be an ornamental fish? And still be valuable?" Fang Youqun asked with a look of doubt on his face.
Xiang Yang shook his head. "Stand aside and watch again later."
Although Fang Youqun was confused, he still obediently stood beside the water tank.
A magical scene appeared.
Among the dead fox fish in the water tank, suddenly one of them moved.
Then, the grayish-white rotten smell on its body quickly dissipated, and its whole body turned golden.
"Damn, this fish is really pretending to be dead, it can even change color!" Fang Youqun exclaimed.
Xiang Yang smiled slightly and said, "The name of this fish is Fox Fish. The origin of its name is not only because it looks like a fox, but also because its character is as cunning as a fox."
Fang Youqun nodded heavily. "Yes, it is indeed cunning, very cunning. I have seen many fish pretending to be dead, but this is the first time I have seen a fish pretending to be dead so realistically, and even looking like its body is rotten."
Xiang Yang shook his head. In this sea, there were so many fish that even Xiang Yang himself had never heard of or seen.
"You guys continue to stay on the boat, I'll go down and take a look. If other people come up later, you remind them that they can catch some of these fish." Xiang Yang said.
Fang Youqun nodded quickly, "Don't worry, Brother Yang, we will definitely tell them when they come up."
"By the way, the fish bones on the back of the fish are poisonous. Remember to tell them this." Xiang Yang reminded again.
Fang Youqun nodded in agreement again, but his eyes were always fixed on the water tank. He wanted to take a closer look to see how the fish came back to life. It was really incredible. It looked like a fish that had been dead for a long time, and even its body had begun to rot. How could it suddenly become full of life, and its whole body was golden
Xiang Yang didn't care about all that. He put on his breathing helmet again and dived down to the bottom of the sea.
In a cluster of corals half a person's height, Xiang Yang found a golden fox fish covered with light white stripes all over its body.
This fox fish is more beautiful than the ordinary fox fish, and it is also very large, nearly twenty centimeters in size.
Xiang Yang’s favorite is the beautiful fox fish with special patterns like this one.
The prices of most marine ornamental fish are not as high as those of freshwater ornamental fish. The reason is that the breeding conditions of marine fish are too harsh.
Fox fish are easy to raise and are very famous. These extremely beautiful looking ones are very expensive.
Xiang Yang estimated that an ordinary fox fish should cost around two thousand yuan.
And this one with light white patterns can definitely be sold for more than 5,000 yuan, and there will be a lot of people scrambling to buy it.
Of course, this price is still incomparable to freshwater ornamental fish.
Ornamental fish in the sea is a hobby, and most people who play with marine aquariums do so out of genuine interest.
Freshwater ornamental fish is an industry. Although many bosses spend hundreds of millions to buy a freshwater ornamental fish, in fact, they may not really like it, but intend to buy it to appreciate and make money.
Just as Xiang Yang was about to catch the special fox fish, his hair suddenly stood up all over his body. His intuition told him that there must be danger behind him.
Xiang Yang flashed in an instant and appeared a few meters away, then turned around and looked behind him.
Not far behind me, I saw a huge swordfish swimming leisurely. Its pointed mouth looked like a spear.
The only difference from ordinary swordfish is that the mouth of this swordfish accounts for a very small proportion of its body weight, only about one-tenth, while for ordinary swordfish, the length of the mouth may account for one-third of the total body length.
"It's actually a big marlin." Xiang Yang stared at the fish and frowned.
There is only one letter difference between the names of marlin and salmon, but the degree of danger they are in is very different.
The giant marlin is a large marine swordfish with a spear-shaped mouth. Species include the blue marlin, the white marlin on the Atlantic coast of America, and the terrifying blue marlin. It is a large marine fish with an elongated, laterally flattened body. Its body length can usually reach more than three meters and it has granular teeth. It is a species of tropical and subtropical oceanic upper waters. It is ferocious, agile in swimming, and carnivorous.
The big marlin that Xiang Yang saw was an adult blue marlin, which is known as one of the fastest swimming fish in the world. It can prey on tuna and even sharks and squids. It is one of the overlords of this ocean.
Xiang Yang felt a little bitter inside, wondering how he could encounter such a horrible fish.
This giant marlin is cobalt blue on top, silvery white underneath and on the sides, has a distinct dorsal fin, and a long, deadly, spear-shaped jaw.
They are so-called blue water fish and spend most of their time in the ocean far from shore.
Blue marlin are also highly migratory and can travel hundreds or even thousands of miles following the warm currents in the ocean.
Xiang Yang scratched his head and began to recall the information about the big marlin.
Marlins prefer places with higher water temperatures and feed on mackerel and tuna. They occasionally dive deep to eat squid. They are the fastest fish in the ocean and use their spears to move in dense groups to devour frightened and injured fish.
Famous for their ability to lift the massive strikes they hook, the marlin is a rare sea monster that is the holy grail for sport fishermen.
Many people consider marlin meat to be a delicacy, especially in Norway, where marlin is a top-notch food.
But now, Xiang Yang had no intention of catching this big marlin at all.
In the world-class literary masterpiece "The Old Man and the Mermaid", the giant marlin symbolizes the old man's ideal pursuit. The old man's conquest of the giant marlin shows the determination of mankind to overcome many difficulties and obstacles to realize their ideals.
But at least, the old man still has a boat, right
Xiang Yang is now in the sea with bare hands. If he says he wants to catch a big marlin in this situation, he is seeking death.
As far as Xiang Yang knew, although the marlin's mouth was not as long as that of a swordfish, it was more powerful and could easily pierce through thick wooden boards.
The only thing that made Xiang Yang feel at ease was that the marlin did not seem to be hungry. While it swam leisurely, it did not seem to show any signs of attacking Xiang Yang.