According to observations by anthropologists from the Aca-demia Sinica, the Tao depend upon fish for a high share of their diet and designate the fish they catch as either "spring fish" or "reef fish." "Spring fish" refer to the fish that pass by Orchid Island in the spring during their seasonal migrations.
根據中研院人類學者的觀察，達悟族將食物中所佔比重極高的魚類，依食用時間不同加以分類，從自然時間來論，魚類分成春天魚與礁岩魚。