Abstract: The food and feeding habit of the juvenile Channa punctatus (Bloch) have been carried out from a semi-closed water body during the month of Dec. to Mar. The present study revealed that the average percentage occurrence of the food items of juvenile C. punctatus was crustaceans (10.38%), insects (16.87%), molluscs (14.27%), fishes (34.73%), plant materials (10.58%) and semi-digested food materials (13.16%). The present investigation also revealed that the juvenile of C. punctatus is carnivorous in feeding habit, mainly fed on the animal food (76.25% of the total consumption) viz., crustaceans, insects, molluscs and fishes.