Flatfish refers to silver pomfret, the local name flatfish, white pomfret, longlin, chekam, pomfret, mirror fish, grass pomfret, bai lun, wulun,

The body shape is laterally deviated, ovoid, silvery grey, small head, rounded muzzle, cephalothorax is connected obviously, the mouth and eyes are very small, each of the two jaws has a row of fine teeth, the esophagus side capsule has a papillae-like protrusion, mouth and tongue can not be stretched;

The back side of the head, the sensory tube is never extended

The back of the head is never prolonged; the back of the sensory canal is pointed, with vertebrae 40~41. The dorsal fin is homomorphic with the anal fin, slightly longer and sickle-shaped, the ventral fin disappears in the adult fish, and the fin spines are very short; the caudal fin is forked, and the lower lobe is longer than the upper; the body is covered with tiny round scales, and the color is silver-white, so it is called silver pompano.

The offshore warm temperature lower middle layer fish, usually scattered in the slow tide, water depth of 5 meters to 110 meters of water, morning and yellow error in the water on the upper layer of activities, not very active. They like to live in groups in the shadows and are more concentrated at low tide.

Expanded Information:

Silver pomfret is distributed in the western Pacific region of India, including the Persian Gulf, Iran, Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia, Myanmar, Japan, China, Korea, Taiwan, Cambodia, Philippines, Indonesia and other seas.

East China Sea silver pomfret, spring from the northern part of the Taiwan waters north to the northern East China Sea, after the first half of May each year, the fish moved north into shallow water for reproduction, preferring to spawn in shallow rocky reefs, sandy beaches at a depth of 10 meters to 20 meters along the estuary, the eggs floating, spawning capacity of 80,000 to 350,000 grains.

Pomfret's diet is based on small fish and shrimp and plankton. Because of its slow swimming ability, mouth and small, so often to jellyfish, diatoms and copepods foot footwear hunger. Silver pomfret is a valuable marine fish, which is the object of fishing by offshore motorized fishing boats and has a high yield.