Erythroculter ilishaeformis is a kind of fish that lives in large water bodies such as lakes, reservoirs and bogs. Adult fish swim fast, cruel and good at jumping. Generally, it is active in the middle and lower water bodies during the day and in the upper water bodies at night, and it likes white light. Young fish live in shoals of slow water. Erythroculter ilishaeformis is a wide-temperature fish, with the survival water temperature of -3 ~ 40℃, feeding water temperature of 2 ~ 35℃, optimum water temperature of 14 ~ 32℃ and breeding water temperature of 20 ~ 30℃. Overwintering in river beds and lake troughs in winter.

Erythroculter ilishaeformis has strong adaptability to the environment, and the domestic water body can be large or small. Artificial culture can be carried out under the conditions of water depth of 0.5 ~ 10 m, fresh water quality, transparency above 30 cm and pH 6.5 ~ 8.5. In other words, hundreds of thousands of acres: illegal units of measurement. 1 hectare = 15 mu. The same below. From lakes and reservoirs to cement pools of several square meters or cages of several square meters, fry can be cultivated into adult fish or even mature parent fish.

Erythroculter ilishaeformis has strong constitution, strong resistance and few diseases.