1. Fork-tailed Pelteobagrus fulvidraco. Individuals are not large, distributed in the Yangtze River system; short muzzle, 4 pairs of whiskers; maxillary whiskers are long, the end exceeds the middle of the pectoral fins; the body is not scaly, the dorsal fin spines are serrated at the posterior edge of the dorsal fin spines, the pectoral fin spines are as long as the dorsal fin spines; the anterior and posterior edges are serrated; the anal fin rays are 21-23, the caudal fins are y forked; the nose whiskers are black. It is a common fish in rivers and lakes, especially in the middle and lower lakes.

2, river yellow catfish. The same whiskers 4 pairs, the end of maxillary whiskers over the pectoral fin base; body without scales, the posterior edge of the serrated; pectoral fin spines smooth anterior edge, the base of adipose fin slightly shorter than the base of the anal fin, the anal fin bar 21 ~ 25, for the bottom fish. It can live in rivers and lakes, with rivers being the most abundant.

3. Glossy Pelteobagrus fulvidraco. Short, slightly pointed muzzle, 4 pairs of whiskers, slightly shorter maxillary whiskers, the end does not reach the base of the pectoral fins; dorsal fin spines longer than the pectoral fin spines, the trailing edge of the serration is weak, pectoral fin spines smooth anterior edge, the posterior edge of the serration; the end of the ventral fins can reach the beginning of the anal fin, the base of the adipose fin is shorter than the base of the anal fin, the anal fin strip 22 to 25, the caudal fin is y bifurcated. It lives in the middle and lower layers of the rivers and lakes, and spawns in the shallow water near the shore in April and May, and it is not a big individual, with a common body length of 80-140㎜.

4. Wah's Yellow Pelteobagrus fulvidraco. In China, the Yangtze River, Pearl River, Heilongjiang basin rivers, and the Yangtze River connected lakes and other waters are distributed, are able to form a natural population, Washi Pelteobagrus fulvidraco is China's river basin water bodies in the important wild economic fish, preferring to inhabit in the slow-flowing river section of the rivers and rivers connected to the lakes of the water body benthic life, the meat of its meat, tender meat, flavor, no intermuscular spines, nutrient-rich, widely welcomed by consumers.