The difference between yellow croaker and cucumber fish

There is only one word difference between cucumber fish and yellow croaker, so are they the same? Is it the same kind of fish? How can I tell the difference between the two?

The shape and habits of yellow croaker are similar. The side of this kind of fish is flattened and elongated, showing golden yellow. The tail stalk of Pseudosciaena Crocea is slender, the scale is small, the body length is 40 cm 50 cm, the vertebra is 25 cm, and the small yellow croaker is shorter, the scale is larger, the body length is about 20 cm, and the vertebra is 28 cm.

Cucumber fish (Pseudosciaena Crocea) is elongated, flattened laterally and about 40-50cm in length. Golden yellow. The tail handle is slender. The scales are small, with 8-9 rows of scales between the starting point of the dorsal fin and the lateral line. There are 25-27 vertebrae. Usually inhabit deeper sea areas, migrate to offshore from April to June and spawn. After spawning, they are scattered along the coast to ask for bait and feed on fish and shrimp. It migrates to the deep sea again in autumn and winter.

How much is the wild cucumber fish per jin?

The average price of farmed large yellow croaker on the market is about 56 yuan / kg, while the wild price fluctuates greatly, which is divided into many specifications according to weight. The price during May Day is roughly as follows: each weighing 2-3 taels, about 150 yuan per jin, 3-4 taels about 280 yuan per catty, 4-5 taels about 380 yuan per catty, 5-7 taels about 550 yuan per catty, 7-9 taels about 800 yuan per catty, and so on, the bigger the more expensive! Four or five kilograms of wild large yellow croaker can be sold for four or five thousand yuan a jin!