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日龄仔鱼基本上依靠摄食土池的足幼、足幼和多毛担轮幼,但还摄食少量的颗粒有机碎屑。