2. Distributed in South China Sea, East China Sea and South Yellow Sea. Large yellow croaker is commonly known as yellow croaker. Daxian. The head is blunt and pointed, the mouth is big, the mouth is in the end position, inclined, and the kiss is not prominent. The outermost teeth of the upper jaw expand into canine teeth, the front teeth are large and sparse, and the front center is toothless. The upper part of the body is purplish brown, the lower part is golden yellow, and the luminous particles are orange yellow. The dorsal fin is yellow-brown, the caudal fin is yellow-brown, the edge is dark brown, the hip, abdomen and pectoral fin are bright yellow, the mouth is white, and the mouth edge is reddish.
3. Pseudosciaena crocea and Pseudosciaena crocea are similar in appearance, but there are 8-9 rows of scales between the starting point of dorsal fin of Pseudosciaena crocea and the lateral line of Pseudosciaena crocea, while Pseudosciaena crocea has 5-6 rows of scales. The second anal fin spine of Pseudosciaena crocea is longer than or equal to the eye diameter, and the second anal fin spine of Pseudosciaena crocea is smaller than the eye diameter. The ratio of tail stalk length to tail stalk height of large yellow croaker (3.4 ~ 3.7) is larger than that of small yellow croaker (2.7 ~ 3.4). Pseudosciaena crocea was once one of the important economic fish in China, and it was endemic to China. It is widely distributed in the north to the south of the Yellow Sea, passing through the East China Sea and the Taiwan Province Strait, and south to the east of Leizhou Peninsula in the South China Sea.