The invention relates to a method for artificial domestication and cultivation of semilabeo notabilis. The method comprises the steps of 1, building a semilabeo notabilis cultivation pond; 2, collecting and selecting parent fish fry; 3, conducting food habit conversion; 4, conducting artificial domestication of fry; 5, observing gonad development; 6, conducting domestication management. By the adoption of the method, massive cultivation and population continuation of semilabeo notabilis are facilitated, native commercial fish aquaculture and new species are added, ecological balance of a water area is maintained, local native fish resources are protected, population quantity is increased, biodiversity and ecological balance are maintained, and conditions are provided for semilabeo notabilis cultivation and considerable economic benefits are obtained by means of the natural resources in the Dabang river drainage basin.