Chapter 50 "Illustrated Catalog of Edible Fishes in Hong Kong"

"Illustrated Catalog of Edible Fishes in Hong Kong" This is a rare and good book on the edible fish species in Hong Kong.As the title suggests, The fish described are all saltwater fish, which are often bought on fish platforms in Hong Kong markets, that is, local What people call "seafood" is edible.This book introduces fifty of them, each with a Simple yet accurate explanation.What's even more rare is that each kind is accompanied by a picture, and the explanatory text is in Chinese. In contrast to English, in addition to the scientific name, the fish name also has a common English name and a Cantonese pronunciation.

Chinese common name. Another special feature is that there are several Chinese fish recipes and cooking methods, as well as Western fish recipes at the back of the book. Style fish recipes and cooking methods. Also, about what time of year a certain fish comes in, and how they taste, Also introduced. This is of course not a dedicated Hong Kong marine fish atlas, but as the title suggests, provided The general public in Hong Kong has all the basic knowledge about "seafood". The editor of this book is Xiang Lesi who is interested in and researching Hong Kong's natural science, and he cooperated with him

There is also Lin Shuyan who worked in the Hong Kong Fisheries Research Institute before the war.This book was published in 1940 Edition, revised and updated after the war, in 1962 published an updated version of the third edition.Publisher is Xiang Hong Kong English "South China Morning Post". Incidentally, the author of the illustrations in this book is Tang Yingwei.He was an early woodcarver in our country One of them has been working in the Hong Kong Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Administration in recent years, specializing in painting fish specimens, and giving up woodcut work

It's been a long time.