Hai Collection, Middle Volume. Radical: Fish (yú). Character: 鮂. Kangxi strokes: 16. Page 1467, Entry 16. Pronounced qiú. A white dace. Book of Erya (Erya), Explaining Fish: The 鮂 is a black dace. Commentary: This is the white dace; in the region east of the Yangtze River, it is called 鮂. Sub-commentary: The 鮂 is also known as a black dace. Also, pronounced jiū. A crow that transforms into a fish, with fine bones on its crown resembling a bird's feathers. Book of Yupian (Yupian): Sometimes written in a variant form (yóu).