The herring stone grows in the throat area below the occipital bone of the herring.
Herring stone is a horny growth on the throat of herring below the occipital bone that is used to help crush hard food such as snails. It is yellow and tender, crystal clear, heart-shaped, and hard after drying. It is regarded as a rare item in the Hakka area. Not all fish have fish stones, but most fish have fish stones, and the better fish stone is herring stone.
The freshly removed herring needs to be stored in a cool, windless, light-proof, and dry environment for about half a month until it dries naturally. Herring stone is crystal clear, like emerald and jade, and can be used to make utensils, window decorations, or crowns. Usually people like to play with it and admire it. The concept of herring stone is often used in treasure hunting chapters of mythological novels and the names of evil-avoiding and detoxifying props in online games, such as "Ghost Blowing the Lamp", "Swordsman Love 3", etc.
Introduction to herring
The body length of herring can reach about 150cm, its body is approximately cylindrical, its abdomen is rounded, its tail is flat, there are no abdominal ribs, its head is slightly flat, and its snout is The end is blunt, the mouth is at the end, and it is curved. The back of the fish body and the upper part of the side of the fish body are blue-black, and the abdomen is gray-white, with large and round scales. The gill rakers are short and small, and the gill rakers on the lower limbs are granular. The hypopharyngeal bone is wide and short, the forearm is wide and short, and its length is shorter than the hind arm. The pharyngeal teeth are molar-shaped, and the crown surface is smooth without grooves. The swim bladder has 2 chambers, the front chamber is thicker and shorter than the back chamber, and the end of the back chamber is pointed. The intestine is long and twists and turns many times, and the length of the intestine is about twice the body length.
Herring usually lives in the middle and lower layers of the water and is inactive by nature. Its main food sources are snails, mussels, clams, clams, etc. It also occasionally preys on shrimps and insect larvae.