Other names of mandarin fish are: Huangguzi, Pseudosciaena crocea, Shaguzi, Huang Tiao, Huang Chuan, Huangwei Fish and Chuantiaozi (the names of mandarin fish and thin mandarin fish in Sulu area). Siniperca chuatsi likes to eat sapropel and organic debris, which has the special function of purifying water quality and improving ecological environment, and is also called ecological fish.

Siniperca chuatsi is easy to be cultured on a large scale, rich in nutrition and deeply loved by the masses. It is an excellent natural value-added fish with important economic value and development prospect. It is one of the four kinds of high-quality fish promoted in China, and can be adjusted and optimized as the best high-quality fish species in the current agricultural aquatic products structure.

Siniperca chuatsi is a general term for CYPRINIDAE fish, which is a typical small and medium-sized river fish. It is produced in all major river basins in China, and the common ones are bungarus multicinctus, thin-bellied snake, round-bellied snake and yellow-bellied snake, all of which are relatively large.

The fishes of the subfamily Oryzanae are roughly the same in appearance, with flat bodies and round bellies. Some fishes have abdominal ribs between their ventral fins and anus, and their heads are small and their kisses are dull. Below the mouth or close to the front, the mouth is flat and horizontal. The mandible has a sharp horny edge and no beard. The body is round and scaly. The dorsal fin has smooth spines and 7-9 branch fins, most of which are 7. The back is grayish black and the abdomen is silvery white. Their most striking feature is that the anus is just in front of the starting point of the anal fin, and they are often deliberately exposed to others.

The body is slender and flat on the side, generally about 30 cm long. Silver with yellow. The mouth is small, inferior, the jaw is shovel-shaped, and the edge is often horny. The dorsal fin has hard spines. Omnivorous, like scraping algae for food. It is produced in all parts of China. There are several kinds, such as yellow tail, silver tail, round nose and oblique jaw. The latter two have been domesticated and can be used for fishing. It grows faster and has a large amount of natural reproduction.