1974年国家水产总局长江水产研究所在有关单位协作下进行了荷包红鲤♀×沅江鲤♂试验,其子一代称为荷元鲤。它具有生长快、产量高、养殖周期短、当年可养成商品鱼,适应性强、病害少、易养殖,起捕率较高等优点。荷元鲤的特点是头小、背高、体厚、肉质好、含肉率和蛋白质含量都较高。据长江水产研究所化验分析,荷元鲤含肉率达69%,分别比父、母本高 In 1974, the Yangtze River Fisheries Research Institute under the State Fisheries Administration conducted a trial of the purse red carp × Yuanjiang carp ♂ with the cooperation of the relevant units, and its sub-generation was called a lotus carp. It has fast growth, high yield, short breeding cycle, when the fish can develop products, adaptability, less disease, easy to breed, capture the advantages of higher rates. Dutch carp is characterized by small head, back, body thickness, good meat quality, meat content and protein content are higher. According to the analysis of the Yangtze River Fisheries Research Institute, lotus carp meat content of 69%, respectively, than the parent and the female parent high