Michang fish is a new whitebait in Taihu Lake and a freshwater fish species in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River. This kind of fish is the most famous in Taihu Lake in southern Jiangsu, and there is a famous dish in the Yangtze River Delta, which is mainly made of this kind of fish.

Taihu new whitebait, also known as Taihu short-nosed whitebait and small whitebait. The body length is about 70-80mm and the head is flat. The kiss is short and blunt, the mouth is small, the mandible is slightly longer, the upper and lower jaws have a row of fine teeth, and the front end of the mandible and the palatine bone have no teeth. Dorsal fin II, 12- 14. Small fat fin, gluteal fin 3,21-24.