Larval stages could be divided into four stages: nauplius, protozea, zoea and postlarva.
幼体可分成四期:无节幼体、蚤状幼体、糠虾及仔虾。
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.