Pseudosciaena crocea belongs to the genus Pseudosciaena crocea. Besides, Pseudosciaena crocea and Pseudosciaena crocea belong to two species of Pseudosciaena crocea. Pseudosciaena crocea, also known as Daxian and Pseudosciaena crocea, is a kind of warm-water offshore fish, which usually lives in the lower layer of shallow water and has the characteristics of group migration. The body side is slender and flat, generally 30-40 cm long, the tail handle is slender, the mouth is large and oblique, and the lower jaw is slightly prominent. Generally speaking, the time to eat large yellow croaker is around the Dragon Boat Festival, when the meat is delicious. Dayangjia's East China Sea yellow croaker is very good, with delicious meat and few thorns. The shape of small yellow croaker is similar to that of large yellow croaker, which is also called small fresh and small yellow croaker.

First, distinguish the authenticity of yellow croaker

1. Look at the color. Most fake yellow croaker is painted directly with pigment. The yellow color of real yellow croaker is softer, while the color of fake yellow croaker is generally heavier.

2. You can wipe the fish with white toilet paper, and the dyed yellow croaker will generally leave obvious yellow on the paper; And frozen into a big pile of dyed fish, some ice will also appear yellow. The large yellow croaker may be soaked in water for about 5 minutes, and the water may turn into beer color.

3. Look at the price. If people see yellow croaker below per catty 10 yuan in the market, they need to pay more attention. These low-priced yellow croaker may be fake yellow croaker or dyed fake yellow croaker. If you eat at home, choose domestic large yellow croaker on holidays, and it is more economical to eat small yellow croaker at ordinary times. Generally, fresh yellow croaker has full eyeball, clear cornea, tight gill cover, bright red gill color and transparent mucus without peculiar smell. The meat is firm and elastic, the head and tail are not bent, and the depression can be recovered immediately after finger pressing. The fish scales are complete and shiny, close to the fish body and not easy to fall off.

Second, identify whether the yellow croaker is fresh.

1, look at the fisheye.

Fresh yellow croaker's eyeball is full and prominent, and the cornea is transparent and elastic; The eyeball is not prominent, the cornea is shriveled, and the eye is slightly turbid or bleeding;

The eyes of stale yellow croaker collapse or atrophy, and the cornea atrophy or rupture.

2. Look at its gills.

The gill filaments of fresh yellow croaker are clear and bright red, and the mucus is transparent, which has the salty taste of marine fish or the earthy smell of freshwater fish, and has no peculiar smell;