Housewives who want to buy must order a whole month in advance for $16 / kg, equivalent to about 10,000 – 15,000 VND ($0,6)/ child.

In the West, there are many famous specialties that make tourists happy, just enjoy them once and will never forget them! In it, there is a type of fish with a very unique name – False black lance catfish, which is welcomed and “favored” by many people.

False black lance catfish is a fish in the same family as buffalo peg fish, paper peg fish, and turmeric peg fish,… The fish has a similar shape to other peg fish, but their body is cotton, and sometimes the skin is yellow. , sometimes the skin is black, white, or red depending on the color of the water that the fish live in will have a different skin color.

False black lance catfish is a type of fish in the same family as buffalo peg fish, paper peg fish, turmeric peg fish, …

“Ratchetfish are freshwater fish. In the past, they appeared in some places of the western water areas such as Can Tho city, An Giang during the flood season. So people freely eat without thinking about the cost.

In the past few years, the locality has not had a floating season, so the fish have not spawned. People do not let fish catch mice in the wild, so they turn to new ones. But it’s not easy to raise them,” said Ngoc Phuoc (39 years old) – owner of a farm raising freshwater fish in An Giang.

In the past, the False black lance catfish appeared in some places in the western water areas such as Can Tho city, An Giang in the flood season.

Because of the scarcity, the False black lance catfish has a high price compared to other western freshwater fish. People only need to catch fish that restaurants, hotels or traders have bought a clean license. Therefore, housewives who want to buy must order a whole month in advance for $16/kg, equivalent to about 10,000 – 15,000 VND/child.

“Ratfish do not have as many bones as scads, the meat is more delicious than the goby fish…. Moreover, they can process many dishes such as hot pot with fish sauce, grilled, fried, braised with pepper. Therefore, restaurants often hunt to put on the menu to serve diners.

Rat fish can be used to process many dishes such as a hot pot with fish sauce, grilled, fried, and stocked with pepper.

Some of my gourmet friends in Saigon often drive to An Giang when they want to enjoy rattan fish or ask to buy it. It’s really hard to get a bunch of these fish because most of them have pre-orders. So I raised this fish in rafts on the river. But currently the productivity is not as high as expected, the output has not met the needs of customers,” said Mr. Ngoc Phuoc.

Not only is it a type of fish that can be used to process many delicious dishes, but it is also rich in B vitamins (vitamin B1, vitamin B2, vitamin B6, vitamin B12). When eating fish, fish meat is soft, fatty and sweet, fish is easy to digest because fish contains less collagen.