Yes. The needle mouth fish is listed in the "national key protection wildlife list", for the second class of national protection animals. According to the provisions of the Criminal Law of the People's Republic of China, illegal hunting and killing of precious and endangered wildlife under state protection is a violation of the law, and criminal responsibility needs to be investigated according to the law. The needle-billed fish is native to India, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Malaysia in southern Asia The needle-billed fish has low fertility, small number and likes to cluster, so it is regarded as one of the important fishing objects, and it is also often used as raw materials for fish processing in the local area. In order to maintain the ecological balance. So the needle mouth fish is a national protected animal.