1. Appearance difference, the oily sweetlips have black eye shadow on the outside and a yellow band running through the head and tail on the body. The octopus redfish has an oblong body shape, slightly flattened sideways, rounded ventral surface, and a gray-blue or olive-colored back.

2, the difference between the fish scales, the oil sweetlips scales are different sizes and hard, while the octopus redfish is relatively uniform.

3, the difference in taste, octopus fish fishy flavor is relatively light, so octopus fish is more suitable for sashimi, can also be used as sashimi, the fishy flavor of the oil sweetfish is heavy, it is not suitable for frying, cooking soup.