褐牙鲆幼鱼能量分配对限制溶解氧供应及恢复的响应

实验采用循环水养殖系统,通过水流量控制溶解氧供给,设计不同溶解氧供应和限制溶解氧供应及恢复两个实验来研究褐牙鲆(Paralichthys olivaceus)幼鱼生长及能量分配等指标的响应。在不同溶解氧供应实验中,溶解氧含量梯度设置为2.24 mg/L,3.14 mg/L,4.27 mg/L,5.38 mg/L,6.94 mg/L,实验结束时褐牙鲆幼鱼体重、日生长系数、摄食率、以湿重表示的饲料转化效率与溶解氧含量呈正相关(P0.05)。单尾鱼的摄食能随着溶解氧含量的下降而减少,生长能的比例在溶氧为5.38 mg/L时最高。排粪能的比例则随着溶解氧含量的下降而上升,排泄能比例随溶解氧含量下降也略有增加,代谢能的比例随着溶解氧含量的下降呈先下降后上升的趋势,在溶解氧含量为5.38 mg/L时最低(37.66%)。单位体重能量收支中,所有指标与溶解氧含量都有明显的正相关关系(P0.05),随着溶解氧含量的提高而显著提高。实验表明,低溶解氧含量下,褐牙鲆幼鱼通过减少能量供应降低摄食率和饲料转化效率,其生长受到抑制。在限制溶解氧供应及恢复实验中,经历10 d低溶解氧含量2 mg/L(S_2)和4 mg/L(S_4)胁迫的褐牙鲆幼鱼生长受到抑制,但在恢复正常溶解氧后10 d内体重即与对照组无显著差异(P0.05)。恢复期间褐牙鲆幼鱼的摄食率明显高于对照组(P0.05),饲料转化效率略高于对照组。恢复阶段不同处理在摄食能、生长能比例和呼吸能比例上没有显著差异(P0.05),但经历低溶解氧胁迫的处理摄食能和生长能比例略高于对照处理,而代谢耗能比例略低于对照处理。S2处理的排泄能比例显著低于其余2个处理(P0.05)。实验表明褐牙鲆幼鱼对短期低溶解氧含量有较强的适应能力,能够通过提高摄食率在较短的恢复期获得完全补偿生长。本研究揭示了褐牙鲆在低溶氧胁迫下的能量分配规律,为深入研究鱼类适应溶解氧波动环境的策略积累资料。     

盐度胁迫及恢复对牙鲆幼鱼生长、能量分配和身体成分的影响

采用生物能量学方法对不同盐度对褐牙鲆幼鱼生长和补偿生长的影响进行了研究.研究结果表明,盐度12～40的范围对平均体重为2.6g的褐牙鲆幼鱼的湿重生长没有显著影响,而盐度5(IS5)和47(IS47)会明显阻碍平均体重为6.9g幼鱼的生长,但IS5的生长延缓在30d的恢复生长(盐度19,IS19)后获得完全补偿,而IS47处理最终未能赶上IS19处理.盐度操作对幼鱼摄食能、摄入的能量分配于呼吸消耗、排粪的比例均有显著影响,而对排泄损失的能量比例没有明显影响.对于单位体重日能量分配而言,盐度操作对摄食能、呼吸消耗、生长、排粪损失的能量有明显的影响,但对排泄能量损失没有显著影响.研究还发现,盐度操作对褐牙鲆幼鱼身体水分和蛋白质含量没有显著影响,但对脂肪和能量含量有一定影响.结果表明,盐度19左右为褐牙鲆幼鱼生长最适合的盐度,其对盐度的适应范围较广,特别是对低盐度表现出极强的耐受和适应能力.     

低盐度胁迫不同时间对褐牙鲆幼鱼生长的影响

将驯养于海水盐度为19的褐牙鲆（Paralichthys olivaceus）幼鱼放入盐度为5的海水中胁迫0周（对照）、1周、2周、3周和4周后,立即将海水盐度调节至19,养殖到第10周,观察幼鱼的生长情况。研究发现,低盐度海水养殖的褐牙鲆幼鱼体质量仅在低盐胁迫的第1周内显著小于对照组,不同处理的日生长系数在第3周与第5周呈现显著性差异,其余时间阶段内不同处理的体质量和日生长系数未见显著差异。胁迫阶段褐牙鲆幼鱼摄食率整体上略低于对照处理,但恢复阶段摄食率未出现大于对照处理的一致趋势。整个试验期间经低盐度处理的褐牙鲆幼鱼饲料转化效率略大于对照处理。试验结果显示,低盐度5对褐牙鲆幼鱼的生长没有产生长期影响,也不能通过较长时间的低盐度养殖引起褐牙鲆幼鱼的补偿生长效应。     

不同循环投喂模式对半滑舌鳎的生长、体成分组成、代谢和能量收支的影响

研究了不同循环投喂模式对半滑舌鳎的生长、体成分组成、代谢和能量收支的影响。其中包括5个处理:C(对照组,实验过程中持续投喂);S2F4组(饥饿2 d,投喂4 d);S4F8组(饥饿4 d,投喂8 d);S8F16组(饥饿8 d,投喂16 d);S12F24组(饥饿12 d,投喂24 d),实验时间72 d。结果表明,对照组的特定生长率(SGR_w和SGR_e)显著高于循环投喂各组(P<0.05)。对照组和S2F4组半滑舌鳎幼鱼的末体重没有显著差异(P>0.05),并且均显著高于其它各组(P<0.05)。对照组半滑舌鳎幼鱼的消化率显著低于其它各组(P<0.05),而能量消化率与S12F24组没有显著差异(P>0.05),但显著低于其它3个处理组(P<0.05)。S4F8组半滑舌鳎幼鱼饲料转化率显著低于S12F24组(P<0.05),对照组饲料转化率低于S2F4组和S12F24组但没有显著差异(P>0.05)。对照组半滑舌鳎幼鱼的摄食率显著低于其它各组(P<0.05)。体成分组成中,蛋白含量随饥饿、投喂周期的延长而下降,S2F4组和对照组半滑舌鳎的蛋白含量没有显著差异(P>0.05)。S2F4组的耗氧率和排氨率均较低。对照组的摄食能显著高于其它各组(P<0.05),S2F4组的呼吸能占摄食能的比例显著高于对照组(P<0.05)。研究表明,半滑舌鳎幼鱼在循环投喂模式下,具有较强的补偿生长能力,S2F4组具有完全补偿生长能力;在较长的周期性饥饿条件下,半滑舌鳎幼鱼体内的蛋白质含量会受到显著影响。     

高温胁迫对褐牙鲆生长及肝脏抗氧化酶活性的影响

为了研究高温对褐牙鲆幼鱼生长及抗氧化酶活性的影响,对其不同温度处理(25、28、30、31、32℃)下的存活、生长、摄食及超氧化物歧化酶(SOD)和过氧化氢酶(CAT)的活力进行比较。结果显示25℃组、28℃组及30℃组的鱼没有死亡,31℃组的成活率为(95%±1.18%),32℃组的成活率仅为(20.83%±2.20%)。各温度处理组的特定生长率(SGR)、摄食率(FR)和饲料转化率(FCE)和水温的平方呈显著的负相关(SGR:R2=0.93;FR:R2=0.90;FCE:R2=0.86;P<0.01),即25～32℃时,特定生长率、摄食率和饲料转化率随温度升高而减小。各处理组的肝脏组织中的SOD及CAT活力随胁迫温度升高而降低。本研究表明32℃是褐牙鲆长期生存的临界上限温度,高温能够显著影响其生长和抗氧化酶的活性。     

盐度对褐牙鲆幼鱼生长的影响及其在盐度胁迫后的补偿生长

褐牙鲆（Paralichthys olivaceus）幼鱼取自山东省胶南市养殖场,盐度设置范围分别为12-40和5-47。实验表明,盐度12-40对平均初始体质量约2.6g的褐牙鲆幼鱼的湿重生长、湿重摄食率和湿重饲料转化效率均没有显著影响（P〉0.05）,但对蛋白质和能量表示的特定生长率、摄食率、饲料转化效率都有显著影响（实验周期为30d）。盐度5（IS5）和47（IS47）处理能够使初始体质量为6.93g的褐牙鲆幼鱼在10d内的生长显著比盐度19（IS19）处理慢（P〈0.05）,并且由于低盐度（盐度为5）引起的生长阻滞能够在30d内得到完全补偿,而高盐度（47）引起的生长阻滞未能得到补偿。在整个恢复期间（11-40d）,IS5处理的摄食率显著高于IS47处理（P〈0.05）,IS19处理处于中间水平。在盐度恢复至19后,不同处理在所有阶段的饲料转化效率和整个实验期间的平均饲料转化效率相互之间不存在显著差异。以上结果表明,低盐度（盐度为5）导致的生长阻滞的补偿主要依靠提高摄食率获得。结论认为,褐牙鲆幼鱼对盐度尤其对低盐度的适应能力较强。     

光照周期对褐牙鲆幼鱼生长、能量分配及生化指标的影响

在循环水实验系统中,设置1 L∶23 D、9 L∶15 D、12 L∶12 D、15 L∶9 D、24 L∶0 D(光L∶暗D)共5个光照周期处理组,研究其对褐牙鲆幼鱼生长及部分生化指标的影响。实验结束时褐牙鲆幼鱼的体质量为41.10~43.98 g,不同处理组间无显著差异,体质量未表现出与日光照周期长短的相关性。日生长系数只在21~30 d阶段内出现显著差异,整个实验期间的平均日生长系数为1.86~2.02,不同处理组间不存在显著差异,日生长系数随日光照周期的延长略呈下降趋势。不同阶段的摄食率在31~40 d阶段出现显著差异,12 L∶12 D处理组摄食率显著高于9 L∶15 D处理组。在整个实验期间,1 L∶23 D的褐牙鲆幼鱼摄食率为1.64,显著低于12 L∶12 D的褐牙鲆幼鱼的摄食率(1.79)。整个实验期间,1 L∶23 D的褐牙鲆幼鱼平均饲料转化效率为113.49,显著高于12 L∶12 D、15 L∶9 D、24 L∶0 D的褐牙鲆幼鱼,并略高于9 L∶15 D的褐牙鲆幼鱼,饲料转化效率随光照时间的延长呈下降趋势。实验期间摄食能的分配比例仅在排泄能上出现显著差异,15 L∶9 D最高,12 L∶12 D最低,其他各项能量分配均无显著差异。不同光照周期对耗氧率影响显著,15 L∶9 D最高,为0.252 mg/(g·h),24 L∶0 D最低,为0.173 mg/(g·h)。耗氧率随着光照时间的延长呈先上升后下降的趋势。血浆生长激素和类胰岛素生长因子I含量在不同处理组间也不存在显著差异,随光照时间延长也未表现出明显变动趋势。血浆褪黑素含量随光照时间的增加呈先下降后上升的趋势,12 L∶12 D处理组MT含量最低,但与其他处理组差异不显著。实验结束时肌肉RNA/DNA比值随光照周期延长呈先上升后下降变动趋势,其中15 L∶9 D和24 L∶0 D处理组的肌肉RNA/DNA比值显著高于1 L∶23 D处理。肝脏RNA/DNA比值以12 L∶12 D最高,15 L∶9 D最低。实验结果表明光照周期对褐牙鲆幼鱼摄食量和饲料转化效率产生显著影响,但摄食量减少的处理组由于耗氧率降低因而饲料转化效率得到提高,因此光照周期对生长没有显著影响。光照周期明显影响血浆褪黑素、肌肉和肝脏RNA/DNA比值,但生化指标的差异与生长无明显相关性。     

温度对多肋藻小孢子体生长及抗氧化生理的影响

温度是影响藻类生长发育的关键因素之一。本研究探讨了 6~22 ℃下, 多肋藻(Costaria costata)小孢子体的生长情况及抗氧化生理特性, 以探明其适温机制, 为多肋藻海区栽培提供支撑。结果发现, 培养初期(5 d 内), 多肋藻小孢子体在 18 ℃下具有最大的相对生长速率(RGR), 22 ℃下藻体梢部严重穿孔溃烂; 随着培养时间延长(10 d), 10 ℃下藻体 RGR 最高。实验周期内, 不同温度组间 F_v/F_m 无显著差异, 6~14 ℃下藻体均具有较高的总光合速率(P_t) 和最大表观光合速率(P_nmax), P_nmax 随着培养时间的延长在 10 ℃下最高。培养 3 d 时, 6 ℃下呼吸速率(R_d)最高; 22 ℃ 下, 藻体 R_d 随着培养时间延长显著上升, 表明增强呼吸作用是多肋藻小孢子体对低温和高温胁迫的共同响应。 22 ℃高温胁迫下, 胡萝卜素(Car)和岩藻黄素(Fucox)、可溶性蛋白的含量升高; 6 ℃时, SOD 酶活高于其他温度组。 在 6~18 ℃范围内, 灰分、碳水化合物和粗纤维的积累与温度具有一定的正相关性。综上, 多肋藻小孢子体可在 6~18 ℃生长, 其中以 10 ℃左右为佳。     

豆粕替代鱼粉对点篮子鱼生长性能的影响

以豆粕替代鱼粉配置5组等氮(35%)等能(19.00 MJ/kg)饲料,豆粕∶鱼粉替代比分别为0∶1(D₁)、1∶2(D₂)、1∶1(D₃)、2∶1(D₄)、1∶0(D₅),研究豆粕蛋白对体重(104.64±2.76) g点篮子鱼生长性状、体成分、生物学指标的影响,从而确定点篮子鱼饵料中最佳的动植物蛋白比。试验在室内圆锥形孵化桶中进行,分5个处理,每个处理3个重复,每个重复25尾鱼。49 d养殖试验结果表明,饲料中豆粕含量对点篮子鱼生长有显著影响,特定生长速率(SGR)、增重率(WG)、摄食率(FI)与替代比成负相关,对照组(D₁)［11.87(100 g)/d］FI显著高于全豆粕组(D₅)［5.81(100 g)/d］。饲料系数(FCR)与替代比成正相关,D₅组FCR高达2.97。饲料中豆粕含量水平对肌肉粗蛋白与水分含量无显著影响,对全鱼粗蛋白和脂肪影响显著,粗蛋白在D₅组取得最小值19.11%。肝脏蛋白含量随饲料中豆粕含量增加呈先增加后降低趋势,高豆粕含量组肝脏脂肪含量显著低于低豆粕组。蛋白替代对点篮子生物学指标影响较小。综合考虑SGR、FCR、FI等指标,点篮子鱼饲料中豆粕替代鱼粉比不宜大于1∶2。但从肌肉营养品质方面考虑,替代比可以达到2∶1。     

高温胁迫下坛紫菜叶状体的生理响应

以坛紫菜耐高温品系Z-61 F₄代叶状体为试验材料、野生型坛紫菜叶状体为对照,研究了高温胁迫(30 ℃、26 ℃)与正常培养温度(21 ℃)下,处理不同天数(0、2、4、6、8、10 d)后坛紫菜叶状体中自由基含量、过氧化氢(H₂O₂)含量、丙二醛(MDA)含量、超氧化物歧化酶(SOD)活性、过氧化物酶(POD)活性、过氧化氢酶(CAT)活性和游离脯氨酸(Pro)含量的动态变化过程。结果发现耐高温型坛紫菜对高温胁迫的生理响应过程:高温胁迫→活性氧含量上升→细胞膜氧化受损,产生过量膜脂过氧化物→细胞感受到过量的活性氧信号→抗氧化系统和渗透压调节系统共同响应,清除活性氧→自由基含量下降。同时比较两种紫菜对高温胁迫的生理响应过程,发现耐高温型坛紫菜在高温胁迫下能同时启动抗氧化系统和渗透压调节系统,而野生型坛紫菜则只能启动渗透压调节系统,并且两种紫菜抗氧化系统的本底含量也存在着显著差别。由此说明不同品系坛紫菜耐高温性状差异的可能原因是细胞内抗氧化系统的应激性和本底含量存在差异。     

Size,growth, temperature and the natural mortality of marine fish

The natural mortality of exploited fish populations is often assumed to be a species‐specific constant independent of body size. This assumption has important implications for size‐based fish population models and for predicting the outcome of size‐dependent fisheries management measures such as mesh‐size regulations. To test the assumption, we critically review the empirical estimates of the natural mortality, M (year^?1), of marine and brackish water fish stocks and model them as a function of von Bertalanffy growth parameters, L (cm) and K (year^?1), temperature (Kelvin) and length, L (cm). Using the Arrhenius equation to describe the relationship between M and temperature, we find M to be significantly related to length, L and K, but not to temperature (R² = 0.62, P < 0.0001, n = 168). Temperature and K are significantly correlated and when K is removed from the model the temperature term becomes significant, but the resulting model explains less of the total variance (R² = 0.42, P < 0.0001, n = 168). The relationships between M, L, L, K and temperature are shown to be in general accordance with previous theoretical and empirical investigations. We conclude that natural mortality is significantly related to length and growth characteristics and recommend to use the empirical formula: ln(M) = 0.55 ? 1.61ln(L) + 1.44ln(L) + ln(K), for estimating the natural mortality of marine and brackish water fish.     

温度、频率和水分含量对罗非鱼介电特性的影响

采用同轴探针法在温度10~90 °C、频率300~3 000 MHz、干基水分含量3.8590~0.1161 g/g d.b.的条件下对罗非鱼的介电特性值(介电常数ε^?, 介电损失率ε^?)进行了测定。结果显示, 罗非鱼4个部位(前部、中部、尾部、腹部)的介电常数相近, 最大部位差为4.91, 平均部位差为2.37; 4个部位介电损失率变化趋势相同, 只有腹部的值偏小, 这是由于腹部脂肪含量相较于其他部位稍高。但是由于这种差别微小, 成分对介电损失率的影响可以忽略, 所以本研究中以4个部位介电常数、介电损失率的平均值为指标, 考察温度、频率、水分含量对罗非鱼介电特性值(ε^?, ε^?)的影响。温度一定时, 介电常数随频率升高而降低; 频率一定时, 介电常数随温度升高而降低; 温度和频率一定时, 介电常数随水分含量的降低而急剧降低。频率的升高使得介电损失率呈先降低再升高趋势, 在2 300 MHz附近出现拐点, 拐点之前, 介电损失率随温度的升高而升高, 拐点之后, 介电损失率随温度的升高而降低。介电损失率随着水分含量的降低而降低。可算得罗非鱼在915、2 450 MHz频率下, 10~90 °C, 3.859 0~0.1161 g/g d.b.时的穿透深度, 采用回归分析法得出罗非鱼介电特性值及穿透深度的回归预测方程, 预测值与实验值呈良好的一致性。     

Optimal temperature and photoperiod for the spawning of blue crab,Callinectes sapidus,in captivity

Like all poikilotherms, the growth and reproduction of blue crab, Callinectes sapidus depends on temperature and season. Warmer water temperatures in the Chesapeake Bay allow for ovarian development and spawning, while colder water temperatures slow their metabolism and reproduction. The current study aimed to identify optimal environmental conditions for inducing reproduction in animals held in long‐term captivity for year round production in aquaculture through environmental manipulations. Temperature and photoperiod were the main environmental factors tested for 25 weeks: 11°C and 21°C, with the following photoperiods: 0L:24D, 8L:16D, 16L:8D and 24L:0D. At 21°C, the females increased spawning frequency, which was arrested at 11°C. Shorter light exposure at 21°C increased spawning frequency, while constant light inhibited and did not produce spawning. Constant dark (0L:24D) at 21°C produced the most (86%) spawns, but yielded poor larval quality. At 21°C with all photoperiod conditions except constant light, the first spawning took 94.8 ± 32.4 days to occur (n = 17). With females producing multiple spawns, the intervals between the first and second spawns and the second and third spawns were 37.7 ± 8.7 days (n = 6) and 31.0 ± 7.1 days (n = 2) respectively. Analysis of our data using response surface methodology (RSM) predicts the following conditions: at 15–19°C and 0–10 hr darkness for maximal survival and at 19–22°C and 0–8 hr darkness for spawning. The number of larvae produced was positively correlated with size (weight) of the female C. sapidus, suggesting the importance of female size in reproduction.     

水温对东星斑幼鱼存活、摄食及生长的影响

在实验室条件下,初步研究了水温对东星斑幼鱼摄食、生长及存活的影响。温度设5个水平(15、20、25、30、35℃),东星斑幼鱼在玻璃蓄养槽内养殖40d。结果显示20℃组、25℃组和30℃组的鱼没有死亡,35℃组的存活率为88.9%,15℃组的存活率仅为50%;总摄食量在30℃组最高,15℃组最低;特定生长率在30℃组最高,15℃组、35℃组为负值;在可以生长的组别里,30℃组饵料系数最小。本研究表明,水温对东星斑幼鱼生长发育的影响明显,东星斑的适宜摄食温度为20～30℃,最佳摄食温度为25～30℃;水温<20℃东星斑幼鱼不能正常摄食、生长,甚至会死亡,水温15℃时,几乎不摄食;水温>30℃,东星斑幼鱼可以正常摄食,但是不能正常生长,甚至会死亡。     

Influence of temperature and salinity on the yellowleg shrimp, Penaeus californieinsis Holmes, prophenoloxidase system

The effects of salinity and temperature on plasma protein concentration and total haemocytic prophenoloxidase (proPO) were determined. Groups of 10 juvenile yellowleg shrimp, Penaeus californiensis Holmes, were acclimated for 20 days at different salinities (28%o, 32%o, 36%o, 40%o and 44%o at 25 °C) or temperatures (18, 22, 25, 28 and 32 °C at 36%o). While total protein levels were not affected, the quantities of proPO increased as salinity was elevated. Temperature affected both haemolymph parameters, showing a significant decrease in proPO at 32 °C, and an increase of protein at 28 and 32 °C. These results may help to explain the elevated disease susceptibility of shrimp at higher salinities and/or temperatures.     

Preferential distribution of fish larvae in the California Current System: Time,space, and temperature

The preferential larval distributions of 22 fish species in the California Current System were identified in their temporal, spatial, and thermal domains using single parameter quotient analysis. This analysis allowed the characterization of their reproductive habitats based on ranges of preference, tolerance, and avoidance. In the temporal domain, the species’ preference intervals were wider than those previously reported, and all species showed preferences during two or more seasons of the year. In the spatial domain, the preferential distributions of the species were also wider, and some of them had different preferred zones from those described in previous works. Because one group of species was preferably distributed in coastal zones, and the other group was preferably distributed in oceanic zones, the biological production mechanisms sustaining these groups differ, namely, coastal upwelling and geostrophic fluxes of subarctic origin, respectively. In the thermal domain, the larval distribution preferences of 20 of 22 species have been determined for the first time, providing important information on their thermal tolerance window during the larval stage, a window that changes in width throughout each of the ontogenetic stages of fish. The distribution in each domain suggests association patterns between species, but additional studies are necessary to validate these patterns.     

Effects of water discharge and temperature on the seaward migration of anadromous browntrout, Salmo trutta, smolts

Abstract – The smolt run of anadromous brown trout ( Sulmo trutta ) in a Norwegian river was studied for three consecutive years. The main run occurred in a period of 7–10 days in the middle or second half of May. Support was found for the hypothesis that high water discharge and temperature triggered the run. Few smolts descended when the discharge was low (<50 m³· s⁻¹) and the water temperature was below 4°C. The maximum number were caught when the discharge was moderate (70–150 m³· s⁻¹) and the water temperature high (68°C). The relative importance of these factors varied from year to year. The first-year discharge explained 38% of the variation in the number of smolts migrating. Discharge and temperature together explained 61% in 1992 and 28% in the second and third year, respectively.     

Predicting the temperature of the Barents Sea

Knowledge of the influence of the physical environment on commercially important fish stocks in the North Atlantic has increased during the last decade. To allow this information to be used in fisheries management, some forecast of the environment is important. Predictions of temperature in the Arcto-boreal Barents Sea have been given for many years, both as subjective opinions of scientists and implicitly in stock assessment assumptions of, e.g., mortality rates. To evaluate an objective statistical forecasting system, we have analysed time series representing mechanisms previously proposed as influencing the temperature of the Barents Sea. These include components of suggested periodic nature, large-scale advective effects, regional processes, and atmospheric teleconnections. The predictability of Barents Sea temperature based on the above mechanisms was evaluated through calculations of auto- and cross-correlations, linear regression, spectral analysis and autoregressive modelling. Forecasts based on periodic fluctuations in temperature performed poorly. Advection alone did not explain a major part of the variability. The precision of predictions six months ahead varied with season; forecasts from spring to autumn had least uncertainty. A first-order autoregressive model, including modelled atmospherically driven volume flux to the western Barents Sea during the preceding year and the position of the Gulf Stream off the eastern coast of the USA two years earlier, explained 50% of the total historical temperature variability.     

Optimum feeding rates in juvenile olive flounder,Paralichthys olivaceus,at the optimum rearing temperature

Two feeding trials were carried out to determine the optimum feeding rates in juvenile olive flounder, Paralichthys olivaceus, at the optimum rearing temperature. Fish averaging 5.0 ± 0.11 g (mean ± SD) in experiment 1 and 20.2 ± 0.54 g (mean ± SD) in experiment 2 were fed a commercial diet at the feeding rates of 0%, 3.0%, 4.0%, 4.25%, 4.5% and 4.75% body weight (BW) day^?1 and satiation (5.52% BW day^?1) in experiment 1 and 0%, 1.0%, 2.0%, 3.0% and 3.5% BW day^?1 and satiation (4.12% BW day^?1) in experiment 2 at 20 ± 1 °C. Both feeding trials lasted for 2 weeks. Results from experiment 1 indicated that weight gain (WG) and specific growth rate (SGR) of fish fed to satiation were significantly higher than those of fish fed at other feeding rates while feed efficiency (FE) and protein efficiency ratio (PER) of fish fed at 4.25% BW day^?1 were significantly higher than those of fish fed to satiation and fish fed at 3.0% BW day^?1 (P < 0.05). In experiment 2 WG, SGR and PER leveled out after the feeding rate of 3.5% BW day^?1 whereas FE reached a plateau at 3.0% BW day^?1. anova of FE indicated that the optimum feeding rates in 5.0 and 20 g juvenile olive flounder could be 4.25% and 3.0% BW day^?1, respectively. Broken line analysis of WG suggested the optimum feeding rates of 5.17% and 3.47% BW day^?1 in 5.0 and 20 g fish, respectively. Therefore, these results indicated that the optimum feeding rates could be >4.25 but <5.17% BW day^?1 for 5.0 g, and it could be >3.0 but <3.47% BW day^?1 for 20 g size of juvenile olive flounder at the optimum rearing temperature.