A coilia ectenes step type breeding method comprises the nine steps of reserved parent pool simulated ecological cultivation, parent pool intensive culture, parent selection for induced spawning, parent induced spawning, natural insemination, germ cell collection, germ cell incubation, indoor intensive fry rearing in a cement pool and large-scale fry culture in an outdoor pool. The method is characterized in that filial-generation coilia ectenes adult fishes which are more than 2 years old and cultured by manpower are used as reserved parents for artificial propagation, and a natural ecology cultivation mode is simulated; the selected parents are transported and placed in an induced spawning pool, after parent induced spawning is conducted, the germ cells are collected, counted and transferred to an incubation pool, after the germ cells are collected, the germ cells are placed in the incubation pool with water, fries open the mouths 5-6 days after membrane rupture is conducted, yolks and freshwater rotifers which are filtered through a 80-mesh silk net are fed to the fries, after the fries are cultivated for 15 days, the fries are divided to different pools, and when the fries are as long as 20-30 mm, the fries are placed to outdoor pools to be cultivated.