<;P>;PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a spawning bed for Oryzias latipes, which has a simple structure, but enhances the spawning rate of the Oryzias latipes and is excellent in handleability, and to provide a method for the spawning of the Oryzias latipes with the spawning bed. <;P>;SOLUTION: There is provided the spawning bed 14 for the Oryzias latipes, comprising a spawning bed 10 and a floating member 12 for placing the spawning bed 10 below the surface of water, characterized by forming the spawning bed 10 from a net-like member 10a, controlling the opening values (t1) of the net-like member 10a within a range of 0.3 to 8 mm, and disposing Oryzias latipes-passing holes 10b having circle-corresponding diameters (t2) of 10 to 50 mm; and the method for spawning the Oryzias latipes with the spawning bed 14. <;P>;COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT