There are more species of catfish, including earth catfish, large-mouth catfish, bearded catfish, Egyptian beard catfish, etc., which belong to carnivorous fish, less active during the day, are foraging at night, eating other small fish, and eating a large amount. Living in mountain streams, there is a very special catfish, usually in the stream in the stone crevices of the activity, to insects, shrimp, small fish for food, small size, natural pollution- It is distributed in the streams of Guangxi, Guangdong, Fujian and other places, and is a good product among catfish.

Because the catfish prefer to live in the hidden stream caves or stone crevices in the mountains, it is very difficult to catch, and the water is easy to die, and it is difficult to keep fresh, generally only the villagers near the mountain have the opportunity to taste fresh and delicious catfish.
The Tujia method of yue catfish is not much different from the practice of ordinary catfish, steaming, making soup, small stir-frying can be, people who like to eat spicy can also make spicy dishes; but the more catfish is small in size, the meat is tender, not suitable for cooking for a long time, otherwise it is easy to scatter.