Hai Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Fish (yú) 鯊 Kangxi stroke count: 18 Page 1471, Entry 01 Pronounced sha. Same as the character (sha). Classic of Poetry (Erya), Explanation of Fishes: The sha and the tuo. Commentary: Now known as the sand-blowing small fish. Sub-commentary: The sha is also known as the tuo. Lu Ji states: This fish is long, narrow, and small, and often opens its mouth to blow sand. Comprehensive Elucidation (Tongya): The sha is a sand-blowing small fish, possessing yellow skin with black spots, appearing first in the first lunar month. Its front half is broad and flat, while its rear is square and narrow. Lu Ji’s assertion that it is merely narrow and small is incorrect. Book of Odes (Shijing), Lesser Odes: Fish leaping in the fish basket, there are yellowhead catfish and sha fish. There is also the sea sha. Correct Characters Thoroughly Explained (Zhengzitong): It has blue eyes and red cheeks, with fins on its back and wings under its belly; its flesh is fatty and delicious. Six Scripts Fundamentals (Liushugu) states: It is produced in the sea, named because its skin resembles sand; its mouth is large and it lacks scales, it is viviparous, and the largest ones can fill a boat when caught. Pronounced sha (departing tone). The meaning is the same. Also rhyming with shan and yi, pronounced shi. Xu Gan, Rhapsody on the Capital of Qi (Qidufu): Using nets to catch sturgeon and eel, using nets to catch carp and sha fish, gathering pearls, and obtaining dragons and turtles.