Mainly distributed in Bohai Sea, Yellow Sea and East China Sea, mainly produced in Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Fujian, Shandong and other coastal provinces.

Marine fish, commonly known as red melon, namely large yellow croaker, stone fish and large yellow croaker. It is one of the four products in China. The side of the body length is flat, slightly oval, the back of the body is grayish yellow, the center of the scale is grayish brown, and the scales below the lateral line have developed luminous glands and are golden yellow, so it is called yellow croaker. Adult fish are generally 40-50 cm long. It is a warm-water pelagic fish, which likes strong light, turbid water, gregarious and has a wide range of feeding habits. Very sensitive to sound, you can use the telescopic vibration of the swim bladder in the body to make sound, which is often used by fishermen to find fish. September-165438+ 10 is the peak season every year.

Yellow croaker, larimichthys (D.S. Jordan et starks, 1905), also known as large yellow croaker, is a general term for large yellow croaker. Produced in the East China Sea, there are two hard stones in the fish head, which are called fish brain stones, so they are also called stone fish. The white swim bladder in the belly of fish can be used as fish glue, which can stop bleeding and prevent hemorrhagic purpura.

Yellow croaker is divided into large yellow croaker and small yellow croaker, which is one of the four major marine species in China. Pseudosciaena crocea is also called Daxian, Jinlong, Huanggua Fish, Red Melon, Huang Jinlong, Osmanthus crocea, King Fish and rhubarb. Small yellow croaker is also called Plum, Plum Fish, Wang Xiaoyu, Xiaoxian, Koharu Fish, Small Yellow Croaker, Thick Scaled Fish and Flower Fish. They all belong to teleost, Perciformes, Sciaenidae and Pseudosciaena crocea.