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水足无节幼、足幼和担轮幼,但还摄食少量颗粒有机碎屑。

Larval stages could be divided into four stages: nauplius, protozea, zoea and postlarva.

幼发育可分成四期:无节幼、蚤状幼、糠虾及仔虾。