The yellow croaker is one of China's economically important fish.

The characteristics are as follows:

1. More than 2/3 of the base of the fins of the dorsal and anal fins are draped with small round scales, and the scales are uniformly colored with a natural yellow color.

2. The eyes of fresh and high-quality yellow croaker are black and glossy.

3, the body has no scars, the fish body is long oval, the head is relatively large, the tail shank is slender, the upper body is yellowish brown, the abdomen is golden yellow, the fins are yellow or grayish yellow, the lips are orange-red.

The croaker is a marine fish. The yellow croaker is divided into large yellow croaker and small yellow croaker, large yellow croaker is distributed in the southern Yellow Sea, the East China Sea and the South China Sea, usually inhabits the deeper sea area, April to June to the offshore migration, spawning, spawning scattered along the coast to solicit bait, and then migrate to the deep sea area in the fall and winter seasons.

The small croaker is distributed in China's Yellow Sea, Bohai Sea, East China Sea and the west coast of North Korea, the fish migrate to the coast in spring, after spawning between March and June, scattered in the coastal bait, return to the deep sea in the late fall, and overwinter in the deep sea in winter. The yellow croaker generally has a mixed diet, feeding mainly on fish and shrimp.

The reproductive season of the croaker is spring and fall, and during the reproductive period, the fish migrate in batches from the offshore wintering area to the offshore for reproduction. As a valuable economic fish, the yellow croaker has long been favored by consumers. However, due to overfishing, the resources are seriously damaged.