Nourishing Ingredients

After receiving Yu Hongbo's question, Ye Yuan deftly shifted the topic to the catch.

"This isn't Spanish mackerel. It's ray-finned fish."

"Ray-finned fish?"

Bao Chunyu tactfully chimed in, helping redirect Ye Yuan's attention.

Ye Yuan also knew the crew did not want to keep talking about the matter, so he went along with it and chose to forget what had happened earlier.

He then began seriously introducing the ray-finned fish, which looked very much like Spanish mackerel, to the crew.

Ye Yuan reached out and picked up a ray-finned fish in front of him.

"That's right, this is ray-finned fish. A lot of people confuse it with Spanish mackerel.

"Actually, it's very simple to tell Spanish mackerel and ray-finned fish apart. You can easily distinguish them by their appearance, fins, and color."

As he spoke, Ye Yuan held up the ray-finned fish and carefully explained it to the crew.

Even Xu Hang listened attentively from the side.

Ye Yuan's explanation was quite new to him as well.

"Ray-finned fish have a more spindle-shaped body. Compared to Spanish mackerel, they're taller overall and more oval-shaped.

"Spanish mackerel, on the other hand, have longer bodies and are basically rounder.

"If you still can't tell them apart that way, then look at their fins.

"Ray-finned fish and Spanish mackerel have major differences in their fins.

"The distance between a ray-finned fish's two dorsal fins is relatively large. Spanish mackerel are different—their two dorsal fins sit right next to each other.

"There's also a difference in the tail fins. Ray-finned fish usually have five small finlets above and below their tails.

"Spanish mackerel have more, usually around seven or eight.

"Those are the differences between ray-finned fish and Spanish mackerel.

"Lastly, you can distinguish them by color.

"The backs of ray-finned fish are usually