The official name of the pickerel is greenfin horseface triggerfish.

The fish is one of China's important marine economic fish, and its annual output is second only to that of striped bass. It is rich in nutrients, and besides fresh food, it is one of the aquatic products exported to domestic and foreign countries after deep processing to make delicious grilled fish fillets.

Skimming fish is a kind of economic value of the fish, December each year to March for its pan period, the fish in addition to the fish back of the protruding hard bone, the most special is the body of the rough as sandpaper skin, because of this reason, the skin must be skimmed off in order to cook, and so in exchange for the "skimming fish" this common name.

Economic value

The fillets of greenfin leatherback are exported. Countries and regions of export: Japan. Export ports: Fujian, Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Shandong, Liaoning, Shanghai, Guangdong.

The skinned fish is a kind of fish with economic value, and the period from December each year to March the next year is its flooding period. In addition to the hard bone that protrudes from the back of the fish, the most special thing about this fish is the skin that is as rough as sandpaper on its body, because of which the skin has to be peeled off before cooking, and thus it has been given the name of "skinned fish".

In addition, it also has a horse face fish, elephant skin fish, Zizi fish, tanner's knife, bread fish, sheep fish, burnt fish, rat fish, rat fish (Sichuan) and other aliases.