Yellowfin Bream

Yellowfin Bream

　　Yellowfin bream were historically known as "shark" fish, commonly called "yellow-tooth head," and also referred to as yellow thorn fish or yellowbone fish. They are bluish-yellow in color with pale yellow bellies, have large, flat heads, and are entirely scaleless. Their pectoral fins have hard spines located just behind their upper rear edges, and their pelvic fins have similar spines near their front upper edges—both with serrated rear edges. During the day, yellowfin bream dwell at the bottom of rivers and lakes, but come up to the surface at night. They have a wide-ranging diet. This fish is especially noted for its tender, fine-grained flesh free of soft bones. When cooked with this region’s specialty pickled vegetable “chun bu lao,” the flavor is particularly delicious. The fish is known for dispelling wind, sobering up the drinker, reducing swelling, aiding urination, benefiting the stomach, and harmonizing the internal organs.