Red shirtfish, also known as golden thread fish. Local names: red shankfish, red brother carp, hanging shankfish, trailing shankfish, melon shankfish, yellow belly fish golden thread, golden thread carp, six-toothed golden thread fish. It is a kind of fish in the genus Golden Thread Fish of the family Golden Thread Fish. In Cantonese, it is called "Hong San", also known as "Hong San Fish" or "Golden Thread Fish". This fish is so called because of the golden-yellow longitudinal stripes in the center of its body. The body is long and laterally compressed. The general body length is 17 to 25 centimeters and the weight is 150 to 200 grams. Mainly distributed in the Indian Ocean, the western Pacific Ocean tropical and subtropical areas. Our country is mainly distributed in the South China Sea.

Pelteobagrus fulvidraco [huáng sǎng yú]

A common freshwater fish in the genus Pelteobagrus fulvidraco of the family Luridaceae

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The yellow catfish (scientific name: Pelteobagrus fulvidraco) is a common freshwater fish in the family Luridae, genus Pelteobagrus. The body is prolonged, slightly stout, with the muzzle end sloping upward toward the dorsal fin and laterally compressed at the back. The head is slightly large and longitudinally flattened, and the dorsum of the head is largely bare. The dorsal view of the muzzle is bluntly rounded. Mouth large. Eyes equal in size. Nasal whiskers located on anterior margin of posterior nostril, extending to or beyond posterior margin of eye. Gill pores large, extending forward to ventral surface vertically below middle of eye. Dorsal fin small, with bony spines, anterior margin smooth. Adipose fin short, base located from posterior end of dorsal fin base to anterior to center of caudal fin base. Anal fin base long, starting point located just before the beginning of the adipose fin vertically below. Pectoral fins laterally inferior, bony sclerotized spines with fine and numerous serrations on anterior margin. Ventral fin short, terminating in anal fin. Anus approximately equal to distance from beginning of anal fin and distance from posterior end of ventral fin base. Caudal fin y forked, rounded at end. Dorsal surface blackish brown in viviparous, fading to light yellow on the abdomen. A narrow yellow longitudinal band above and below along lateral line, and a yellow transverse band about above ventral and anal fins, interlacing to form intermittent dark longitudinal patches

blocks. There is a dark longitudinal stripe in the middle of each of the two lobes of the caudal fin

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