As the title suggests, the common name of the fish in Chaoshan is Gouyu ( 姑鱼). Golden sardine, scientific name ?

Herring family ?Clupeidae ? Sardinella ? Fish?

Below is a picture of the ? golden sardine Sardinella aurita?? , commonly known as ? round little sardine

Body is lime green dorsally; a longitudinal band of yellowish sheen on the upper side of the body, giving it the name golden little sardine; abdomen white. Dorsal and caudal fins yellowish, their edges black; pectoral fins yellowish . The caudal fin is y forked, with two prominent long scales at the base of the caudal fin. Body length is generally 13-25 centimeters.

Distributed from the Atlantic Ocean to the eastern part of the western Pacific Ocean, from the Indies to southern Japan, and in China from the East China Sea to the coast of the South China Sea. Inhabits warm sea areas. With the rise of water temperature, from the deep sea swim to the offshore for bait spawning migration. It feeds on diatoms, copepods and small plankton.