黃金鮸魚 Golden Croaker

「有錢吃 鮸，沒錢免吃」 時令魚鮮美食
If you had money,
Better eat current fresh croaker in February, not wait until the next June and July.

農漁產品之生產受大自然影響亟大，隨著四季節氣之運行，各時節盛產的農漁特產品所謂「時令菜、魚」即應時而生，台灣四面環海，有黑潮、親潮通過，故每每節令交替之際，消費者總可以品嚐到不同的海中鮮味。蘭陽地區自古相傳俚俗諺語中有「一鯃二紅鯊，三鯧四馬迦，五鮸六迦魶」、「有錢吃鮸，沒錢免吃」用來區分魚產等級的諺語。
中文名鮸魚，學名Miichthys miiuy，俗名鮸仔，最大體長70公分是延近海域的海水魚，在早期係屬於相當高級的魚類，至今依然是有錢還難得吃到的魚種之一，鮸魚產於春秋季，一月可於蘇澳、基隆、新港、高雄海域漁漁釣釘鮸，二月可於淡水，新港、高雄及澎湖海域漁釣到釘鮸，三月則可於蘇澳、基隆、高雄海海域漁海域漁釣釘鮸。然後要到六月才可於安平海域漁釣到鮸魚，七月的安平高雄及東港海域漁釣到鮸魚，於春季的二月也有鮸魚群出現在新竹、桃園及西部近海一帶近海漁礁和外海的沉船附近水域。主要漁法為底拖網及延繩釣，冬春之際產量較高。肉質含脂量高，味鮮美，油炸、清蒸、煮食皆宜，是相當受歡迎的食用魚。常可大量捕獲，是重要的經濟魚種。
Croaker is ranked as the top 5 delicious fish dish in Taiwanese cuisine, adult croaker generally is moving offshore along the southern and western coast of Taiwan with peak abundance in the spring and the fall. Croaker, after Chinese lunar new year in February, spawn over shelf water along the northern and western coast, croaker are opportunistic, bottom-dwelling creatures that feed on marine worms, mollusks, crustaceans, and occasionally fish resting around 15 to 70 meters depth in muddy bottoms.
Croaker is considered also an important recreational species and landing in the spring and the fall. Aspecial species “Varicorhinus alticorpus” habitats in the some south inland rivers and some east Taiwan streams is protected by the law and listed as an endangered species, because it is special in Taiwan. What above said about croaker in Taiwan water territory is a part of interview with a fish seller in the in the Chunglun Market; as croaker has a wide variety, different temperature and current conditions has different maturity, different in size, and different populations. If you want to know more, I would suggest you to have a link by Internet to http://fishdb.sinica.edu.tw/ and www.chesapeakebay.net/info/atlantic_ croaker.cfm .