Anchovy, commonly known as: basket film, basket knife, floating fish. It belongs to the same species as whitebait. The difference is that the body scale is slightly larger, and the lateral line scales is below 60; The lateral line is gently folded down at the pectoral fin to form a wide arc; The fin of the gluteal fin branch is only 17-2 1. Although the side of the body is flat, it is very thick. The living habits of these two kinds of fish are very similar. The individual of Dendrolimus punctatus is slightly smaller, and the largest individual is about 13 cm. The number of silverfish is less than that of silverfish, and they are often mixed together in the catch.

Fish. Omnivorous drifting eggs are produced in rivers from May to June. There are more rivers than lakes. Distributed in the Yellow River, Yangtze River, Jiulong River, Pearl River and other water systems.