Wax? fish, also known as candlefish, belongs to the snapper family. Scientific name yellowfin snapper, the waxfish has a large amount of oil during spawning, which can be used to make candles.

Yellowfin Snapper, scientific name sparuslatus, (Chaoshan commonly known as) gelatinous spice fish, also known as the yellow-footed stand, red fin. With strong adaptability and fast growth, it is an important object for net box culture in southern China. Yellowfin seabream body long oval, laterally compressed, dorsal surface narrow, ventral surface bluntly rounded. The body is high and the head is pointed. The dorsal fin spines are connected to the fin rays. The tail is forked. The body color is greenish-gray with a yellowish tinge, and there are several gray longitudinal lines on the side of the body that run along the scales. A small part of the dorsal and anal fins and the edge of the caudal fin are grayish-black, and the large part of the ventral and anal fins and the lower lobe of the caudal fin are yellow. The fish is widely distributed in Japan, Korea, the Philippines, Indonesia, the Red Sea, and the coasts of Taiwan, Fujian, Guangdong, and Guangxi, China. It is also found in estuarine semi-salty waters.