"Noodle fish" is commonly known as "noodle fish" and its scientific name is "whitebait". Because it is transparent and slender, it is white after cooking and looks like noodles. The whitebait family is divided into the following common types: Tai Lake whitebait, small whitebait and short-snout whitebait. Heemisalanx prognathus Regan of whitebait family is commonly known as: noodle fish and noodle fish are slender, which is about 1 1 times their height. There is a polyp at the suture of mandible. There are no teeth on the tongue. Pectoral fin strips 8 ~ 9. Transparent body. Migratory fish migrate from the ocean to the salty and fresh water in the estuary from March to April to lay eggs. Parent fish die after spawning. Living in the upper layer of water. Although the individual is very small, it is abundant during reproductive migration, which leads to the fish season. It tastes delicious and is deeply loved by the masses. Distributed in the East China Sea, the Yellow Sea and the brackish and fresh water areas of estuaries.