Yellowtail porgy

Yellowtail porgy

　　Product name: Yellowtail porgy

Product origin: Wenzhou

Product characteristics: Refreshing and delicious, firm in texture

Product description: The yellowtail porgy lives in clean ocean waters and feeds on seaweed. Its golden base color is covered with slightly red scales. The flesh is flavorful and shares the typical fishy taste common among various fish species. It is refreshing and delicious, with firm meat. The body is slightly laterally compressed and relatively thick, with large eyes that bulge slightly forward between them, and a wide premaxilla bone in front of the eyes. It has two nostrils, a large mouth that is slightly tilted, and the upper jaw extends slightly beyond the front line of the eyes.

The yellowtail porgy is a residential fish species, inhabiting shallow seas in summer and diving into deep waters in winter. It grows to about 35 cm in length, typically lives for 8–9 years, and begins spawning in its third year (at around 15 cm in length). Its spawning seasons are June and November each year.