) has declined since the 1970s. Despite the decline, little is known about the Our objective was to document the dietary composition of large yellow croaker. We collected 579 specimens from the sea near Guanjing Yang, Fujian province during June 2010. We documented the stomach contents of each individual and calculated the occurrence frequency (%), and an index of relative importance (IRI). In addition, we compared diet composition of the zooplankton and nektonic assemblages in the ambient water. We identified 32 species in the diet. The most abundant were decapoda, fish, amphipoda, crabs, copepoda, and stomatopoda. Decapoda (%IRI=49.14%) and fish (%IRI=20.47%) were the most important prey groups in the diet. %IRI=2.34%) constituted the second most important prey groups. were the most important prey species. Our data suggest that the large yellow croaker is carnivorous and feeds primarily on decapods, fish, and macro zooplankton. The trophic level of the wild large yellow croaker is lower than nektonic-animal feeders but higher than planktonic-animal feeders. The dominant species of the zooplankton assemblage was copepoda, primarily =0.06). The percent mean abundance of was 0.83%. Fish, crabs, and decapods were the most abundant nektonic organisms. exhibits selectivity for food, preferring small decapods, fish larvae,