Eating in China
A whole blunt-snout bream with a compact deep body, high back, broad belly and short blunt snout.

Blunt-snout bream

团头鲂Tuántóufáng

A freshwater bream with a rounded head, high back and broad belly; tuantoufang is the fish used in this contemporary Wuchang-fish preparation.

Type
Fish and seafood

A CLOSER LOOK

How to recognize it

A freshwater bream with a rounded head, high back and broad belly; tuantoufang is the fish used in this contemporary Wuchang-fish preparation.

In the kitchen

Served whole in Ezhou steamed Wuchang fish.

This identified fish is distinct from the older broad usage of Wuchang fish for several local breams.

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这道菜里有团头鲂吗?

Does this dish contain Blunt-snout bream?

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