鮠 (wéi): longsnout catfish (genus Leiocassis)

Measure Word

一条鮠 tiáo

Meanings

1 longsnout catfish (genus Leiocassis)
2 a bagrid catfish

Characters

鮠

wéi

longsnout catfish

Examples

鮠是长江流域的特色鱼类。

Wéi shì Chángjiāng liúyù de tèsè yúlèi.

The longsnout catfish is a signature fish of the Yangtze basin.

长吻鮠又称江团,肉质鲜美。

Chángwěnwéi yòu chēng jiāngtuán, ròuzhì xiānměi.

The longsnout catfish, also called jiangtuan, has delicious flesh.

Tips

culture

Best-known species is 长吻鮠 (Leiocassis longirostris), a high-value freshwater fish in Sichuan/Hubei cuisine where it's called 江团. Distinguish from the similar-looking 鲶 (catfish, Silurus) and 鲖 — bagrid catfish lack the flat snout and have a longer second dorsal fin.

mistakes

Pronounced wéi in biological / CC-CEDICT usage. Some older dictionaries list tuó, but modern ichthyology (and the taxon name 鮠科 Bagridae in Chinese) uses wéi.