Small yellow croaker, also known as small yellow croaker, vertebrate, teleost, grouper. Small yellow croaker has a round body and a flat side, and its tail stalk is twice as long as its height. The head is big, the mouth is wide and inclined, and the upper and lower jaws are slightly equal. There is no need for the mandible, and there are 6 fine holes in the chin. Small yellow croaker overwinters in the deep sea in winter and migrates to the coast in spring. After spawning in March-June, it is scattered in the offshore for feeding.

Pseudosciaena crocea has the feeding habits of zooplankton and swimming animals, and has little food selectivity. It mainly feeds on zooplankton, fish and shrimp, among which zooplankton are mainly copepods, fish are mainly tiger fish, and shrimp are hairy shrimp, bran shrimp, white shrimp with ridged tail and drum shrimp.

Pseudosciaena crocea is a warm bottom group migratory fish. Generally inhabiting soft mud or muddy sea area, its vertical movement phenomenon will enter the estuary area. Hate strong light, like turbid water, rising at dusk and falling at dawn, and often inhabit the bottom or near the bottom during the day. The swim bladder can make a sound, and it will make a "giggle" sound during the reproductive period; When the fish are dense, the sound is like boiling water or pines; During the reproductive season, in early summer, they will migrate in groups to the shallow coastal waters near estuaries or islands and inner bays, and swim into deeper waters in autumn and winter. In winter, the water depth in the East China Sea generally does not exceed 100 meters.

Small yellow croaker is rich in protein, sugar, fat, calcium, selenium and vitamin A.

And other nutrients needed by human body, and has high edible value. Mainly distributed in China's Bohai Sea, Yellow Sea and East China Sea, and mainly produced in Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Fujian, Shandong and other coastal provinces.