Pompano. Other names include mirror fish, catfish, Changhou turtle, pomfret bream, mirror fish, flat fish, white chang, fork fish, etc. The body is short and tall, extremely flat on the sides, and slightly rhombus-shaped. The head is small, the snout is round, the mouth is small, and the teeth are thin. The pelvic fins of adult fish disappear. The caudal fin is deeply forked and the lower lobe is longer. The body is silvery white, and the upper part is slightly bluish gray. Feed on crustaceans and other animals. Body shape: short and tall, extremely flat on the sides, slightly rhombus-shaped, about 20 cm in length.

Pompano, also known as mirror fish, catfish, Changhou turtle, pomfret bream, mirror fish, flat fish, white chang, fork fish, etc. The body is short and tall, extremely flat on the sides, and slightly rhombus-shaped. The head is small, the snout is round, the mouth is small, and the teeth are thin. The pelvic fins of adult fish disappear. The caudal fin is deeply forked and the lower lobe is longer. The body is silvery white, and the upper part is slightly bluish gray. Feed on crustaceans and other animals. Pomfret is a large fish in tropical and subtropical areas that is both edible and ornamental.

Appearance characteristics: Pomfret belongs to the order Perciformes and the family Pomfretidae. The body is short and tall, extremely flat on the sides, and slightly rhombus-shaped. The head is small, the snout is round, the mouth is small, and the teeth are thin. In adults, the pelvic fin disappears and the tail fin is deeply forked. The lower leaves are longer, silvery white in color, slightly bluish gray in the upper part, and feed on crustaceans.

Shape shape: short and tall, extremely flat on the sides, slightly rhombus-shaped, about 20 cm in length.

Head: The head is small, with flat sides and high height. The muzzle is short, rounded and slightly protruding in front of the chin. Eyes small, lateral position. The space between the eyes is a large arc-shaped bulge, the nose is small, 2 on each side, the front nostrils are round, the back nostrils are slit-shaped, and the mouth is small and slightly slanted.

Jaw: The maxilla reaches below the edge of the eye. Each jaw has a row of fine teeth, which are closely arranged.

Gills: The gill openings are small, the gill rakers are short and weak, and they are sparsely arranged.

Scales: The scales are small, round, and easy to fall off. Lateral line scales 110-130, lateral line high, almost parallel to dorsal edge.

Fins: dorsal fins Ⅸ～Ⅻ, Ⅰ-42-48, starting point in front of the starting point of the anal fin. Anal fin VI-VII, I-41-46. The dorsal fin and anal fin have the same shape, the fin spines are truncate, and the front ends of the fin rays are raised in a sickle shape. Pectoral fins enlarged, 24-27. No pelvic fins. Tail fin 17, deeply forked. The body is silvery white, the upper part of the body is slightly blue-grey, and most of the fish scales are covered with tiny black dots.