Both river eel and sea eel are eels, but they grow in different environments and have high nourishing value. But the nutritional value of sea eel is higher and healthier than that of river eel.
In terms of taste, the meat of sea eel is not as tender as that of river eel, and the sea eel has small thorns but less meat. From this point of view, it is obvious that the river eel is slightly better. The price of sea eel is far from that of river eel, so the price of sea eel will be relatively cheaper.
Eel, also known as white eel and snake fish, is mainly divided into river eel and sea eel. It is a valuable edible fish with high nutritional value. Eel is rich in fat and carbohydrate, ranking first among all fish.
The difference between sea eel and river eel;
1, the appearance of river eel and sea eel is very different. River eels are relatively large. The eyes are small and have scales, but they belong to the texture arrangement shape. Except for a certain degree of white in the abdomen, it is basically black.
The head, mouth and eyes of the sea eel are relatively large. Compared with the river eel, it has no scales, so we should pay attention to it when buying it in our daily life. Most sea eels are yellow with a little black and white. Pay attention to this when buying sea eels and river eels in your daily life.
2. Most eels grow at the junction of salt and fresh water. Mainly distributed in the Yangtze River, Pearl River Basin, Minjiang River, Hainan Island and rivers and lakes in China, belonging to freshwater fish.
Eels are mainly distributed in the coastal waters of the Yangtze River estuary. It belongs to warm-water near-bottom fishes, including wide-temperature moray eels and euryhaline moray eels.