Chapter 29 Closely related subspecies of extinct fish species?
"This fish has exhausted its strength. Let me go and I will escape. Find me two short and durable fish from the firewood, then put them on the fire to roast them black, and sharpen the upper ends. It should be faster."
Su Bai asked in a deep voice.
Zhao Xinqing immediately let go of the back end of the fishing rod in her hand, went to the pile of firewood that Su Bai had brought back and found two that were reasonably usable, and used the fire to roast the wood until it was charred black. As expected, it was easy to grind it on the stone surface.
Come up with a pointed end.
Looking at the movements of Su Bai and Zhao Xinqing, the barrage was full of puzzles:
【What is he going to do?】
[It’s impossible without plagiarizing the Internet!]
[Two branches? Is he going to catch this fish? Isn’t it ridiculous?]
[It shouldn’t be clipped on. Didn’t you hear that he asked Dr. Zhao to sharpen it? I think he is going to use it as a harpoon.]
[Bah! It’s better to clip the harpoon. Do you think this crudely made “harpoon” can really catch such a big fish? 】
While the screen was filled with frantic discussions about Su Bai's next operation, Su Bai had already pulled the initially exhausted fish from the deep water to the shore little by little.
Puff puff!
A series of water splashes shot up from the water.
A big fish with a gray body was looming in the water, struggling wildly.
Su Bai controlled the fishing rod steadily to keep the fish's mouth above and below the water surface.
As the fish's mouth emerged from the water, Su Bai actually saw a sharp and slender thorn growing on the fish's nose.
Everyone in the barrage was shocked:
【What kind of fish is this?】
[Holy shit? Could it be the legendary marlin? 】
[Marlin...Marlin? Marlin is a sea fish! It will not appear in fresh water!]
【Then what is this?】
[I really don’t know... I’ve never seen it before.]
[The fish can’t recognize it, but Su Bai’s skills are really good!]
[This fish-loving guy has already choked on three or four mouthfuls of water.]
[Choking water? Are you kidding me upstairs? Fish can also choke water? 】
[I’m not kidding you, fish can really choke water, and choking fish is one of the most important fishing skills. 】
[When the fish’s mouth rises and falls on the water surface, the original breathing habit will be broken, air and water will enter the fish gills at the same time, and the fish will choke on the water at this time.]
[When a fish chokes in water, it will panic and struggle again. However, it will not receive enough oxygen. In the process, the last bit of physical strength of this big fish is squeezed out. 】
[Not only that, during this process, the fish will abnormally swallow a large amount of water into its abdomen, which will also consume the fish's physical strength and weaken the fish's struggling strength. 】
Sure enough, as Su Bai continued to control the fish's mouth to stay up and down on the water's surface, the fish's struggle became weaker at a speed visible to the naked eye.
"Are you okay?" Su Bai asked, his head covered with sweat.
Like the fish, he was exhausted.
If Zhao Xinqing hadn't helped him pull it up for a while, he might have pulled the big fish down instead of him pulling it up.
Zhao Xinqing nodded repeatedly, raised two stubby sticks of sharpened wood in her hands, and said:
"Okay, what to do?"
"You come and slip away, slip away for a while and listen to my command."
Su Bai really couldn't hold on any longer. In addition, it would still be a strenuous task to get the fish up later, so he needed to slow down.
Then he handed the fishing rod to Zhao Xinqing and pressed it with only one hand to ensure that this strange-looking fish would not decouple and run away at the last moment.
"What kind of fish is this?"
Zhao Xinqing looked at it for a long time, but could not identify the type of fish.
When Su Bai heard this question, he also frowned and shook his head:
"I haven't seen it either..."
"Pull it up and look at it again."
"No one has ever set foot on this island, so it's not surprising that there are some unknown new species hidden on it."
After another two minutes, the fish stopped struggling at all and floated directly on its belly on the surface of the water, as if dead.
Barrage blast:
【Completely exhausted!】
[Even if the hook is taken off now, this fish will not be able to escape for a while.]
[Whatever you want to do, just do it quickly! You two will be able to eat it for several days!]
Su Bai breathed a sigh of relief when he saw this.
He is very familiar with this state of fish. A fish that has completely lost its strength is no longer in danger.
He directed Zhao Xinqing to tighten the winch and pull the fish to the shore.
The fish was almost completely motionless, with only its mouth and gills still moving slightly, trying to regain some strength through breathing.
Su Bai took two short, sharp pieces of wood, saw the right moment, and pierced the fish's slightly open gills!
As the sharp wood penetrated, the soft fish gills were torn apart in an instant, and bright red blood stains spread with the water in the river!
The fish was in pain, and its body twisted twice, but finally lost all its strength.
Su Bai created these two leverage points for himself, and together with Zhao Xinqing, he finally pulled this strange fish up.
The two of them were panting and sweating, and then they had time to identify the fish.
The body is nearly one meter long and is gray in color, with the upper part being grayer and the lower part being whiter.
The head of the fish is long and protruding, which is different from the swordfish and marlin, which carry their own weapons. It is slightly smoother and more like a nose than a spear gun.
Su Bai put his hands on his hips and said with surprise:
"A fish with a long nose? I've never seen it before..."
"Hmm... looks a bit like a sturgeon..."
Hearing Su Bai's words, Zhao Xinqing was stunned for a moment, then took a breath of air, jumped up from the ground, and said in silence:
"broken!"
"This...is this a paddlefish?"
"The paddlefish that was declared extinct many years ago?"
Su Bai opened his mouth wide and looked at the big fish on the ground in amazement, recalling information about the legendary fish species "white sturgeon" in his mind.
Paddlefish, also known as "tuna", has been a delicacy in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River since ancient times and is sought after by countless people.
Commonly known as "a thousand catties of fat and ten thousand catties of elephant", the "elephant" here refers to the long nose of the paddlefish.
Later, because it was so delicious, the paddlefish was eaten up.
Su Bai never thought that he could catch a paddlefish on such a deserted island?
Zhao Xinqing turned the paddlefish over and over, observed it for a while, and then quietly breathed a sigh of relief:
"It's not the Yangtze River paddlefish..."
"It should be a closely related fish species that has not been discovered before."
"It can also be classified as a subspecies of paddlefish."
Su Bai raised his eyebrows and asked, "Are you sure?"
Although he is the king of wild fishing, he would really feel guilty if he accidentally killed a native fish species that was declared extinct in China.
Zhao Xinqing nodded and said:
"Yes, when the Yangtze River paddlefish was declared extinct, I also listened to my senior sister's research report, and I still know something about this fish."
"Some physical characteristics are different."
"But... I suggest the program team report this matter."
"A new subspecies of paddlefish has been discovered on this island."