我国内陆遍布江河、湖泊、水库,东南诸海辽阔,鱼类资源丰富,种类繁多。与其它动物一样,最初的鱼名是用方言来称呼的,这就是鱼类的土名(即地方名)或俗名(即普通名称)。如内陆一些地方所叫的刀鱼,实际上是指鲤形目淡水鱼红鳍鲅;沿海有些地方所称刀鱼,实际上指 China’s inland all over the rivers, lakes, reservoirs, the vast sea of ​​southeastern all kinds of fish is rich in resources, a wide range. Like other animals, the initial fish name is dialect, which is the fish’s native name (ie, local name) or common name (common name). In some places such as the inland called saury, in fact refers to the common carp-shaped freshwater red fishes; some parts of the coast known as saury, in fact refers to