Jumping fish, commonly known as jumping fish, also known as jumping fish, big mudskipper, Wenzhou dialect "old dance" (Wenzhou literal translation) Belongs to the family mudskippers. This is a small fish, which is abundant in the coastal areas of Zhejiang, Fujian, Guangdong, Hainan and Taiwan Province provinces in the south of China. It is about-cm long, with a flat head, bulging eyes, a wide mouth, a beige body covered with mottled spots and a sucker in the abdomen. Can be attached to the reef to inhabit, like to use mud as the bottom in the low tide area, or drill holes in the tidal flat where salt and fresh water meet. Because of its cunning habit and strong jumping ability, it likes to jump on the beach after the tide recedes, and it has light blue spots on its body, so it is named Flower Jumping Fish.

Jumping fish is cold-resistant and heat-resistant. Besides breathing through gills, it can also be used as an auxiliary respiratory organ by virtue of the respiratory function of skin and oral mucosa. After being caught, it can "eat or drink" for a day. Jumping fish have keen vision. One eye is dedicated to searching for food, and the other eye is wary of possible enemies. Jumping fish is a kind of food with high protein, low fat and high vitamins. Japanese and westerners regard jumping fish as a unique seafood "Viagra" dish on the table, which is called "ginseng in water". In dietotherapy and health care, it also has the functions of nourishing yin, strengthening yang, producing sperm and nourishing blood, relaxing muscles and tendons and activating collaterals. Anyone who has not recovered from a long illness, deficiency of kidney and essence, backache and knee pain should buy some flower fish, stew Angelica sinensis, Radix Rehmanniae Preparata, Fructus Lycii and Huang, or add rice, ginger, salt and pepper to the flower fish. The cooking method is: cook rice into porridge first. When it is half cooked, put the fish and ginger into the rice porridge and cook until the rice is cooked and add salt. Sprinkle some pepper when eating. Take it once a day and take it several times in a row, and the effect is obvious.

Flower jumping fish is not only delicious on the table, but also an ideal medicinal diet. The synovial fluid on the skin of jumping fish has a strong bactericidal and anti-inflammatory effect. Eating jumping fish often helps to treat infectious hepatitis, hemorrhoids, tinea corporis and other diseases. Especially suitable for the elderly to eat flowers and fish. Therefore, in the customs of Fujian, Guangdong and Taiwan Province, the younger generation often gives this dish to the elderly as a longevity dish.