Usually living in the middle and upper layers of running water and large water bodies, swimming fast and jumping well. Feeding on small fish is a fierce fish. Female fish reach sexual maturity at the age of 3, and male fish reach sexual maturity at the age of 2. From June to August, parent fish gather in the shallow waters of slow-moving rivers or lakes. After spawning, most of them feed in the lake or fatten in the slow-flowing area of Jiangwan. Young fish like to inhabit the nearshore waters of lakes and slow-flowing coasts of rivers, as well as tributaries, rivers and harbors. In winter, large and small fish overwinter in river beds or lake troughs.

The culter ilishaeformis is widely distributed in the trunk, tributaries and affiliated lakes of Heilongjiang, Liaohe, Yellow, Yangtze, Qiantang, Minjiang, Taiwan Province and Pearl River.

Widely distributed, fast growing, large individuals, the largest individual can reach 10 kg, and rivers and lakes naturally produce more. The meat is white and tender, delicious but not fishy, and it has always been considered as the first-class economic fish. Its nutritional components are: protein 18.6g, fat 4.6g, calories 1 16kcal, calcium 37mg, phosphorus 166mg, iron 1. 1mg and riboflavin 0.07mg The big white fish produced in Xingkai Lake in Northeast China has been listed as one of the four famous freshwater fish in China. According to legend, in the Tang Dynasty, an emperor made a southern tour, and the imperial ship went to the boundary of Jiangling House in Hubei Province. Suddenly, a great white fish jumped out of the water and landed on the deck of the imperial ship. I saw that the fish was alive and kicking, shining in the sun and charming. The emperor ordered the chef to cook, and after tasting, he praised the delicious white fish. Since then, the white fish produced in Jiangling Prefecture has been listed as a tribute. Du Fu, a great poet, once described white fish as jade carving in his poems, which shows that white fish has always been loved by people.

White fish caught in spring and summer can be used as medicine, and its meat is sweet and warm, which has the effects of stimulating appetite, strengthening spleen, diuresis and eliminating edema, and has certain curative effect on emaciation, edema and postpartum cramps.