The invention relates to special feed for intercropping yellow-head catfish and erythroculter ilishaeformis. The special feed comprises following components by weight: fish meal, corn flour, soybean pulp, peanut powder, soybean meal, cottonseed, lecithin, flour, brown sugar, compound vitamin, a compound mineral substance, methionine, ferric sulfate, copper sulfate, zinc sulfate and manganese sulfate. According to the special feed, the components are mixed uniformly according to the ratio, the fish meal, the corn flour, the flour, and the like are used as the main raw materials, the brown sugar, the compound vitamin, the compound mineral substance and the sulfates are added, and the components are mixed with water according to a certain ratio, smashed and granulated into particles having a common particle size to feed fish. After being fed, the two kinds of fish grow fast, the conversion rate of the feed is high, the food coefficient is 1.4-1.5, the disease resistance and anti-stress capability of the two kinds of fish are significantly enhanced, and the final output is high.