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What does cucumber fish mean
Cucumber fish, scientific name Ikaruga male (Hypomesus olidus) also known as yellow croaker, rhubarb fish. Salmoniformes, smelt family, male fish genus. English name: Pond smelt. The body is elongated and slightly laterally compressed, the head is small and pointed, and the head is larger than the body height. The mouth is large, anteriorly positioned, with fluffy teeth on the upper and lower jaws and tongue. Posterior extension of the maxilla does not reach the lower margin of the center of the eye, which is large. The scales are large, with inconspicuous lateral lines. The dorsal fin is high, its height being greater than the body height; the adipose fin is free and flexuous at the end; the pectoral fins are small; the caudal peduncle is very thin, its height being only equal to the diameter of the eye, and the caudal fins are very y forked. The dorsum is grass-green, slightly tinged with yellow; the sides of the body silvery-white; the scales are edged with small dark spots; the fins are gray-black.