The invention provides a breeding and seedling raising method for hippocampus abdominalis which comprises the following steps: S1, a breeding pond and a seedling raising pond are arranged, and according to the breeding pond, the water temperature is 13.0-20.2 DEG C, the salinity is 30-32, the pH value is 7.8-8.4, the daily water change amount is 100%-300%, the dissolved oxygen is 5-10 mg/L, and the illuminance is 1000-5000 lx; according to the seedling raising pond, the water temperature is 14.0-20.2 DEG C, the salinity is 30-32, the pH value is 7.8-8.4, the daily water change amount is 50-100%, the dissolved oxygen is 5-10 mg/L, and the illuminance is 1000-5000 lx; S2, parent fishes are put into the breeding pond, wherein the female-male ratio is (1.5: 1)-(1: 1.5); opossum shrimps are fed once in the morning and afternoon every day, and living copepods are fed after the opossum shrimps are fed in the afternoon every day; S3, after the parent fishes lay fry, the fry are fished out and put into the seedling raising pond, and the breeding density is 0.125-0.5 per L; before the full length of the fry is 5 cm, live copepods are fed four times a day; the overall length of the fry is 5-8 cm, live copepods and frozen copepods are fed, and feeding is conducted three times a day; and after the total length is 8 cm, frozen opossum shrimps are fed twice a day. The method is high in hippocampus abdominalis breeding rate, high in fry breeding survival rate and high in fry growth speed.