Does hairtail have bones like teeth? Why do we have bones like teeth in hairtail?

As we all know, there are many kinds of fish, and hairtail is one of the more popular ones. It has a variety of cooking methods, delicious taste, high nutritional value, and is deeply loved by people. Many people often eat hairtail. When some people eat hairtail, they will find that the bones of hairtail are like teeth. So why do hairtail bones look like teeth? Let's take a closer look!

Does hairtail fish have bones like teeth?

Hairtail fish have bones that act like teeth.

This is actually quite realistic. To be precise, the meat of hairtail with such "bones" is relatively less tender, but this has nothing to do with the "bones" themselves. The main reason is that hairtail with such "bones" are generally those large and ferocious hairtail, just like the difference between tender chicken and old chicken. Even for the same economic meat animal, the smaller the body and the shorter the growth time, the more tender the meat is.

Why do we eat hairtail fish and find bones that look like teeth?

In fact, it is still difficult to determine the cause of this kind of "bone", but it basically cannot escape the following two factors:

1. This kind of "bone" is similar to "osteophyte"

In some waters, hairtail will absorb more calcium due to food and water quality issues. Excessive calcium intake will stimulate them to grow bone tumors similar to bone hyperplasia. However, bone problems do not affect the quality of the meat, and no related problems have been reported. Normal people will not swallow hairtail bones or bone tumors, so it will not affect consumption.

2. This "bone" is how hairtail preserves calcium

Hairtails are deep-sea fish, and their suitable living environment is not shallow water. Therefore, some species of hairtails in some waters will store extra calcium in their bodies, forming bone tumors. This thing can be said to have the opposite effect of the swim bladder, which can help hairtails stabilize their potential in deep-sea waters. In fact, this is consistent with the reality that offshore hairtails basically do not have this kind of "bone", while deep-sea large hairtails in the Indian Ocean often have this kind of "bone".

So no matter what the reason is, the presence of this bone does not affect the edibility of hairtail.

Which cutlassfish has bones that resemble teeth?

First of all, don’t just buy the big ones. A huge and thick hairtail fish may look very satisfying to eat, but generally speaking, the bigger the hairtail fish, the more likely it is to have such “bones”.

Secondly, the eyes of our domestic hairtail are generally smaller, and the whites of the eyes are clear and transparent, while the eyes of imported hairtail are mostly larger, and the whites of the eyes are yellow. In terms of taste and texture, our domestic hairtail is slightly better (the hairtail in Zhoushan area is very famous).