Larimichthys

Yellow croaker, Larimichthys (D. S. Jordan et Starks, 1905), also known as yellow croaker, is a general term for a genus of yellow croaker in the family Sciaenidae. It is found in the East China Sea. There are two hard stones in the fish head, called otoliths, so it is also called stonehead fish. The white fish bladder in the fish belly can be used as fish glue, which has the effect of stopping bleeding and can prevent hemorrhagic purpura.

Yellow croaker is divided into large yellow croaker (Larimichthys crocea) and small yellow croaker (Larimichthys polyactis), which are one of the four major marine species in my country. Large yellow croaker is also called Daxian, Jinlong, cucumber fish, red melon, golden dragon, osmanthus yellow croaker, king fish, and large yellow croaker; small yellow croaker is also called plum, plum fish, small king fish, small croaker, small spring fish, small cucumber fish, thick scales, and flower fish. All belong to the class of bony fish, order of Perciformes, family of Sciaenidae, genus of yellow croaker.

Yellow croaker was once one of China's important economic fishes. It is a local species unique to China and is widely distributed from the southern Yellow Sea in the north, through the East China Sea and the Taiwan Strait, to the east of Leizhou Peninsula in the South China Sea in the south. This fish is a warm-temperate swarming migratory fish, often living in the middle and lower layers of the nearshore waters within a depth of 60 meters. The reproductive season of large yellow croaker is spring and autumn. During the reproductive period, the fish migrate from the wintering area in the open sea to the nearshore for reproduction in batches. As a precious economic fish, large yellow croaker has long been favored by consumers. However, due to overfishing, the resources have been severely damaged.

Large yellow croaker is distributed in the southern Yellow Sea, East China Sea and South China Sea, while small yellow croaker is distributed in the Yellow Sea, Bohai Sea, East China Sea and the west coast of North Korea.

This fish is a warm-temperate schooling migratory fish, often living in the middle and lower layers of the nearshore waters within a depth of 60 meters.

The body is nearly rectangular and laterally flattened, with the dorsal and ventral edges convex in front and low in the back. The dorsal side of the body is gray-brown, the sides and ventral side are yellow, and the edge of the dorsal fin is gray-brown. It has migratory habits.