Ariake Sea
This species is a bottom-dwelling fish and is a predator. The adult feeds on small fish and shrimps. The juveniles feed on zooplankton, such as rotifers. In the Ariake Sea of Japan the juveniles show a clear preference for the calanoid copepod species "Sinocalanus sinensis". Juveniles have been reared in the laboratory on diets of midge larvae, water fleas, and the brine shrimp "Artemia salina".