Fish and chips with a difference.
These are known as 黄尾鱼 (huáng wěi yú) here. It translates as Yellow Tail Fish. Yeah I see that. But the same name applies to hundreds of species, so I don't know what they are - but I like 'em'.
'Cleaned' and drying before frying. Once dry, they were salted and black peppered inside and out, then shallow fried.
They are a slightly oily fish and not for bone-haters (China isn't for bone-haters).