Phylogenomic studies indicate this species emerged from the same common ancestor of L. crocea around 25.4 million years ago.

In its head are two hard, pale, white bones that keep balance when they swim, which is also used as a material for medicine.

They can make noise by moving their air bladder in order not to scatter.

Once an abundant commercial fish off the coasts of China, Korea and Japan, its population collapsed in the 1970s due to overfishing.

[7] Salted and dried, they are a food product known as gulbi (굴비) in Korean.