This fish is known as one of the main inhabitants of the Black Sea, where you can meet already 4 of its species. These are sharks, sinhili, primordially Black Sea lobas and pelengasas. By the way, the pelengas came to the Black Sea from the Japanese at the end of the last century. The reason was a decrease in the number of this fish in the Black Sea, as a result of which it was decided to bring to the sea much more unpretentious species.
In the 20th century, approximately in the 30s, this Black Sea fish was allowed into the Caspian Sea, where it successfully took root. Now the Black Sea mullet can be found along the whole coast of the Caspian Sea.
This fish is pretty beautiful. It has a small mouth, its length is about 40 centimeters, it is silvery, and its scales are large and shiny. Mullet, in the main, keeps flocks. Fish are very mobile, sometimes they can even jump over the supplied fishing nets: when they are frightened of something, they jump out of the water quite cleverly. Mullet maturity reaches 8 years of his life, when its length reaches forty centimeters. Her spawning takes place from May to September, and for this, both coastal waters and open waters are suitable for her. Mullet - very prolific fish. The basis of its nutrition is vegetative growth of substrates under water.
Mullet: its kinds.
If you look at the representatives of all kinds of mullet, you can find that there is little difference between them, they are very similar.
The smallest species of mullet is the island. Its weight reaches half a kilogram, and the length is 25 centimeters.
Singhil. It can be called the most widespread kind of the Black Sea mullet. He is second only to the forehead. It rarely grows longer than 35 centimeters, and its mass does not exceed the kilogram limits. At the same time, its length can reach 55 centimeters.
Striped mullet or forehead. This type of mullet is the largest. It can be found in the seas of the whole world. Its length can reach half a meter, and weight - two and a half kilos.
Mullet: its application.
Kephalic are valuable as commercial fish. They have excellent taste, especially in fish caught in the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea in early spring or in the late months of autumn. In the Caspian Sea there is a mullet of larger sizes, but its fat content is lower.
The mullet has very tasty white meat. It does not have pits, so it is widely used in cooking. It is fried, boiled. Smoked and dried mullet is simply impossible to find competitors. When smoking and drying, mullet is often not gutted to preserve the flavoring properties of this fish.
Loban, the largest mullet variety, has a very delicious roe. Very appreciated white, so-called, fat, located at the mullet in the abdominal cavity. This "bacon" features a peculiar, but very pleasant, taste.
The cuisine of many countries of the world includes many recipes, based on the mullet. It is deliciously panicked or fried in oil, baked with mushrooms, especially with white, braised in a sauce with the addition of white wine, fish broth and golden onions. From the mullet, excellent cans are obtained. It is sold in fresh form, and in salted, and in smoked, and in dried, and in ice cream. In mullet a lot of fats: up to 9%, and proteins - almost 20%.
Mullet: useful properties.
Fish mullet is very tasty, tender meat, for which fish are highly appreciated. The fish contains proteins, many kinds of fats, compounds of nickel, molybdenum, fluorine, chromium, zinc, calcium, phosphorus. It contains many vitamin elements: B1, provitamin A, PP.
As you know, regular consumption of fish can prevent the development of stroke and other heart diseases. This is due to the fact that fish, as, however, mollusks and other inhabitants of the sea depths, have in their composition an oil type, which is called Omega-3. It is able to maintain the normal operation of all arteries and small vessels. Strokes and heart attacks occur due to a complete blockage of blood vessels and arteries. And the above-named oil can prevent this blockage. It, in addition, is able to reduce blood pressure. That's why those who often eat fish dishes are less likely to have heart attacks (strokes). In general, dietitians recommend eating fish at least a couple of times in 7 days. Is useful for any fish. Omega-3 oils are abundant in such kinds of fish as mackerel, cod, trout, tuna, salmon and, of course, mullet.
This type of fish is very useful for chronic gastrointestinal lesions, as well as for acute intestinal diseases. With atherosclerotic lesions, you need to eat more dishes from mullet, especially baked and boiled. That's why it should be eaten by the people of the older generation.