Eating in China
A whole uncooked mandarin fish with a high back, broad mouth and mottled yellow-green sides.

Mandarin fish

鳜鱼Guìyú

A deep-bodied, laterally flattened freshwater fish with a raised back, large mouth and irregular dark brown patches on yellow-green sides.

Type
Fish and seafood

A CLOSER LOOK

How to recognize it

A deep-bodied, laterally flattened freshwater fish with a raised back, large mouth and irregular dark brown patches on yellow-green sides.

In the kitchen

Scored for squirrel fish.

The whole fish is distinct from its scored, fried flesh in squirrel fish.

Ask about this ingredient

这道菜里有鳜鱼吗?

Does this dish contain Mandarin fish?

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