Ling Bo fish science is called grass-root fish, also known as white pomfret, grass-root fish and thick fish. The body is long, slightly cylindrical, and the abdomen is scaleless; The head is flat, the body is thick and the scales are small; The anal fin is short, the caudal fin is deeply forked, the back is bluish gray, the abdomen is silvery white, and there is a black plaque near the base of the caudal fin.

It is one of the main aquaculture species in southern China and one of the four major fishes in China.