One of
长江三鲜 (Yangtze's three delicacies, with
河豚 pufferfish and
刀鱼 knifefish). Su Shi
苏轼 wrote 《
食鲥鱼》 — '
芽姜紫醋炙银鱼，
雪碗擎来二尺余'. Due to overfishing and dam construction, wild Reeves shad has been commercially extinct in the Yangtze since the 1990s; most fish sold as
鲥鱼 today are American shad farmed as substitutes.
