According to the Law of the People's Republic of China on Punishment for Administration of Public Security, the jumping fish belongs to the state key protected animals, and it is an offense to illegally hunt, kill or illegally acquire, transport or sell the state key protected animals and their products.

The jumping fish is a kind of special fish living in China, belonging to the perch-shaped order goby family elasmobranch genus, jumping fish mouth anterior, relatively low, slightly tilted, the tongue in the mouth is round.