Eat croaker cautiously because unscrupulous traders in the market often dye croaker with industrial dyes, such as sunset yellow, in order to make it look fresher. However, the child's liver and kidney function has not been fully developed. If they eat yellow croaker soaked with chemical dyes, the chemical dyes may not be excreted by the liver or kidneys in time.

Morphological characteristics of yellow croaker

1, Pseudosciaena crocea, with a nearly rectangular body, flat side, rear edge and abdomen edge protruding forward and then low, about 30 cm long, large and flat head, blunt nose and mouth, eyes of the same size, upper side, wide and slightly convex eye interval, two nostrils on each side, round and small front nostril, long and large back nostril, close to eyes and wide mouth.

The upper and lower jaws are equal, the lips are thin, the maxilla is extensible, the edge of the anterior operculum has fine serrations, the posterior operculum has flat spines, the gill aperture is large, the operculum membrane is not connected with the isthmus, the gill rake is long, the scales are comb-shaped, and the lateral scales are 57. The scales under the lateral line are larger than those on the lateral line. More than two-thirds of dorsal fin and gluteal fin are covered with small round scales, and the front of the lateral line is curved and the back is relatively large.

Dorsal fin 8-3 1, starting point above pectoral fin, gluteal fin 2 9, starting point opposite to the middle of dorsal fin strip, pectoral fin 15, starting point behind gill cover, ventral fin smaller than pectoral fin, caudal fin wedge-shaped, gray-yellow on the back of body, golden yellow on the lower side, gray-yellow on dorsal fin and caudal fin, yellow on pectoral fin, ventral fin and caudal fin, mostly active in.

2. Pseudosciaena crocea, similar in appearance to Pseudosciaena crocea, with a body length of about 20 cm, lateral scales of 60-63, dorsal fins of 34-36, starting point opposite to pectoral fins, gluteal fins of 29, starting later than the middle of dorsal fin strip, pectoral fins 19, long and sharp, with the end exceeding the ventral fins, the ventral fins slightly shorter than the pectoral fins, and the caudal fins wedge-shaped.