5 to 7 days' larve after hatching larvae mostly lived on copepod nauplii, copepodites and trochophore of Polychaeta in water of the earthen ponds, apart from feeding on particulate organic detritus.

孵化后5～7日龄仔鱼基本上食土池水中的类无节、和多毛类担轮,但还食少量的颗粒有机碎屑。