无毒。妇人临月带之，令易产。亦可临时烧为黑末，酒下一钱匕。出南海
。大者长尺许，有翅与尾齐。一名飞鱼，群飞水上，海人候之，当有大风。《吴都赋》云∶
文鳐夜飞而触网，是也。
无毒。主六畜疾疫。作干脯捣为末，以水灌之，即鼻中黄涕出。亦可置病牛处，令其
气相熏。生东海。头如牛也。
味咸，无毒。肉主飞尸、蛊毒、瘴疟，作脯食之。一如水牛肉，味小腥耳。皮中肪
，摩恶疮，疥癣，痔 ，犬马 疥，杀虫。生大海中。候风潮出。形如豚，鼻中声，脑上有
孔，喷水直上，百数为群，人先取得其子，系着水中，母自来就而取之。其子如蠡鱼子，数
万为群，常随母而行。亦有江豚，状如豚，鼻中为声，出没水上，海中舟人候之，知大风雨
。又中有曲脂，堪摩病，及樗博即明，照读书及作即暗，俗言懒妇化为此也。
主小儿差颓，差颓核大小也。取鱼擘开，口咬之七下。生溪涧下。背有刺，大头阔
口，长二、三寸，色黑，斑如吹砂而短也。
无毒。主瘴疟。烧令黑，末，服二钱匕。鱼似鹞，有肉翅，能飞上石头。一名石
蛎，一名邵阳鱼。齿如石版。生东海。
一作 （并音五禾反鲶属又五回反）。味甘，平，无毒，不腥。主膀胱水下，开胃。作
脍白如雪。隋朝吴都进 鱼干脍，取快曝干瓶盛。临食以布裹，水浸良久，洒去水，如初
脍无异。鱼生海中。大如石首。
图经文具 鱼条下。
Non-toxic. Women should wear it before delivery to facilitate easy childbirth. It can also be temporarily burned into a black powder and taken with wine, one qianbi (a small measure). Produced in the South Sea. The larger ones are about one chi (approx. 33 cm) long, with fins aligned with their tails. Also known as flying fish, they fly in schools over the water surface; fishermen observe them to predict strong winds. As stated in the *Wu Du Fu*: "The wen yao flies at night and gets caught in nets," referring to this fish.
Non-toxic. Mainly treats epidemics in livestock. Made into dried meat and ground into powder, when mixed with water and applied, yellow nasal discharge occurs from the nostrils of sick cattle. Alternatively, place it near the sick cow so its vapor fumigates the animal. Produced in the East Sea. The head resembles that of an ox.
Salty in taste, non-toxic. The flesh mainly treats fei shi (flying corpse disease), gu du (poisonous parasite disease), and zhang nue (malaria-like fever); eat it made into dried meat. It tastes similar to beef but slightly fishy. The fat within the skin can be rubbed on malignant sores, scabies, tinea, hemorrhoids, and canine/maline scabies to kill parasites. Produced in the open sea, appearing with wind and tides. Resembling a piglet, it makes sounds from its nose, has holes on its brain, and sprays water straight up. They travel in schools of hundreds. People first capture their young, tie them in the water, and the mother comes to retrieve them. Their young resemble conger eel eggs, numbering tens of thousands in schools, always following the mother. There are also river porpoises, shaped like pigs, making sounds from their noses, emerging and submerging in water. Sailors observe them to predict storms. Among them is qu zhi (curved fat), which can be used for rubbing to treat diseases and makes chess pieces bright during board games, but darkens when reading or crafting; folklore says it is transformed from lazy women.
Mainly treats pediatric hernia (chui tuan), involving swelling of the testicles. Take the fish, split it open, and bite it seven times with the mouth. Produced under streams and ravines. Has spines on the back, large head, wide mouth, two to three cun long, black in color, with spots resembling blowing sand but shorter.
Non-toxic. Mainly treats zhang nue. Burn until black, grind into powder, and take two qianbi. The fish resembles a kestrel, has fleshy wings, and can fly onto rocks. Also known as shi li, and Shaoyang fish. Teeth are like stone slabs. Produced in the East Sea.
Also written as "Nian" (pronounced wu he fan, belonging to the catfish family; alternatively pronounced wu hui fan). Sweet in taste, neutral in nature, non-toxic, not fishy. Mainly treats bladder fluid retention and opens the stomach. Made into sashimi, white as snow. During the Sui Dynasty, Wu region presented dried Nian fish sashimi, selected after quick drying and stored in bottles. Before eating, wrap in cloth, soak in water for a long time, drain the water, and it remains indistinguishable from fresh sashimi. The fish lives in the sea. Size comparable to the sturgeon (Shishou fish).
See Tu Jing Wen Ju entry under Fish.