Present status on feeding behavior studies in early development of fishes

This paper reviews methods and application of feeding behavior following aspects: (a) stomach contents analysis; (b) effects of starvation on feeding behavior; (c) relationship between feeding behavior and the morphological characteristic of the digestion organs; (d) effects of ecological and physiological factors on the feeding selectivity of fish. Consumption, prey speed of starvelling larvae and Ivlev index I were also analyzed.