It has a strong body and a large mouth with a protruding lower jaw, enabling it to go after prey larger than itself; however, it mostly feeds on smaller fish, crustaceans and small invertebrates.
Ima močno telo in velika usta z naprej štrlečo spodnjo čeljustjo, zato se spravi tudi na plen, ki je večji od njega, sicer pa se prehranjuje predvsem z manjšimi ribami, pa tudi raki in drobnimi nevretenčarji.