美国红鱼形态和生长参数的研究

用传统法和框架法（Truss) 测定了红鱼形态的可数可量怀状，分析了红鱼形态有关参数的相互关系，拟合了红鱼的框架结构图。总结回归了不同养殖环境中红鱼的体长，体重之间的关系。比较分析了不同养殖条件下红鱼的日生长，生长率等指标，不同群体的生长特征指数生长拐点和生长方程。本研究为选育红鱼良种和检测原，良种提供了科学依据。     

Heritability of juvenile growth traits in red drum (Sciaenops ocellatus L.)

Heritability of juvenile growth rate was estimated for red drum (Sciaenops ocellatus), an economically important sciaenid fish in the southern USA. Thirty‐eight families were generated via ‘natural’ spawning of multiple sets of five breeders (three dams × two sires) in individual brood tanks. Offspring were individually tagged with Passive Integrated Transponder (PIT) tags and mixed for grow‐out in replicate ‘common‐garden’ tanks. Juvenile growth was followed from 166.4±18.6 to 254.0±27.0 mm (total length). Offspring were assigned a posteriori to individual brood fish (dam and sire) based on genotypes at nuclear‐encoded microsatellites. Heritability (h²) of a thermal growth coefficient was estimated using an animal‐additive model and a restricted maximum‐likelihood algorithm. Estimates of h² were 0.33±0.08 and 0.31±0.08 for thermal growth coefficient based on length and weight respectively. These results indicate a significant genetic component in juvenile growth rate in red drum. Estimates of h² for condition coefficient (K) at various measurement dates averaged 0.38, suggesting a genetic component to shape in juvenile red drum.     

逃逸美国红鱼在浙江海域生长特性的初步研究

根据2004~2006年采集的浙江海域156尾美国红鱼的生物学测定资料,分析了该鱼种可量性状间关系,回归得出全长-体长、体重-纯重、体长-体重关系,并比较分析了其他研究者的结果。采用美国红鱼矢耳石磨片法鉴定年龄,并用FiSATⅡ软件拟合得出von-Bertalanffy生长方程,其中:BL∞=951·09mm,k=0·27,t0=0·57;TL∞=1144·61mm,k=0·26,t0=0·52;WB∞=14468·07g,结合生长拐点(tx=4·514)、生长特征指数(Φ′BL=5·388)及肥满度指标(Q=1·82)。比较分析不同生态环境下美国红鱼的生长情况,表明浙江海域美国红鱼生长特性最接近于美国自然海区,浙江海域适合其生长,一旦形成种群可能会对本地种造成威胁。     

美国红鱼继饥饿后的补偿生长及其机制

对两种不同规格 (8.2 5± 0 .5 0g ,4 0 .4 1± 2 .4 5g)的美国红鱼分别在 18～ 2 0℃和 2 0～ 2 4℃条件下进行了不同饥饿时间处理后再恢复投喂实验。在实验的 30d内 ,两次实验结果均表现为饥饿 5d组的美国红鱼生长略快于对照组 ,而饥饿 10d和 15d的鱼在相同的时间内 ,体重的增加量未能赶上对照组。各组间生长虽有差别 ,但都未达到显著水平。饥饿使鱼体水分、灰分含量增加 ,脂肪含量下降 ,蛋白质含量变化不大 ,但各成分从恢复投喂到实验结束时又恢复到对照组水平。各组间摄食量随饥饿时间延长而逐步下降 ,而饵料转换效率逐步上升。随着饥饿时间的延长 ,标准代谢率下降 ,而在恢复投喂之后又逐步回升至对照组水平。结果表明 ,美国红鱼的补偿生长效应主要是由降低标准代谢和提高食物转化率实现的     

饲料维生素E含量对美国红鱼生长和非特异性免疫的影响

采用单因子实验设计方法,进行了饲料中添加维生素E对美国红鱼生长（存活率、特定生长率和饲料效率）和非特异性免疫相关指标（血清中溶菌酶活性、血清总补体活性和超氧化物岐化酶（SOD）活性）影响的研究,设计了5个不同维生素E水平（0．1、25．3、51．0、102．8和203．2mg／kg）的等氮等能饲料,对美国红鱼进行为期56d的生长实验,每个水平3个重复,每个养殖单元放养初始体重为151g左右的美国红鱼20尾。饲养实验在海水网箱（1．5m×1．0m×1．0m）中进行。结果表明,随着饲料维生素E含量增加,美国红鱼饲料效率、特定生长率和成活率显著提高,美国红鱼最佳生长性能的饲料维生素E添加量为102．8mg／kg;美国红鱼血清溶菌酶和血清总补体活性随着维生素E的添加量的增加而显著升高,并且维生素E的添加量达到最高值102．8和25．3mg／kg,随后变化不明显;美国红鱼血清SOD活性随维生素E添加量的增加而显著升高,并且含量在102．8mg／kg达到最高值,随后显著下降。综上所述,美国红鱼维生素E的适宜添加量为102．8mg／kg。     

A growth model for coho salmon including effects of varying ration allotments and temperature

A growth model is developed for coho salmon which accounts for temperatures and feeding rates typically encountered in fish hatchery operation. Feeding rates utilized by the model ranged from maintenance to maximum utilizable rations. The model is derived from an empirical equation for maximum growth rate, and a theoretical equation for net energy utilization. The resultant equation is modified to improve fit at higher feeding levels. Calibration is accomplished with experimentally obtained data.

The model is similar to one developed by G.D. Stauffer, but represents an improvement because points on the growth curve between maintenance and maximum ration can be fitted even if maintenance and maximum requirements are obtained independently.     

Effects of inorganic and organic dietary copper supplementation on growth performance and tissue composition for juvenile red drum (Sciaenops ocellatus L.)

A feeding trial was conducted to evaluate the dietary copper requirement of red drum (Sciaenops ocellatus) and compare the bioavailability of copper sulphate (CuSO₄) and copper‐ethanolamine. A basal diet was formulated using semi‐purified ingredients and analysed to contain 3 mg Cu/kg. Both copper sources were supplemented to the basal diet at either 5, 10 or 20 mg Cu/kg of dry diet. No significant differences were observed in growth performance of fish fed the various diets. However, red drum fed all copper‐supplemented diets retained more copper in liver and whole‐body tissues compared to fish fed the basal diet. Within both inorganic and organic copper treatments, the highest tissue copper concentrations were observed in fish fed diets supplemented with 10 mg Cu/kg. No significant differences were detected in net copper retention regardless of the nature of the copper source; hence, the bioavailability of copper sulphate and copper‐ethanolamine complex was not different in the diets for juvenile red drum. Furthermore, the minimum copper requirement for growth performance of juvenile red drum appeared to be satisfied when fish were fed the basal diet containing 3 mg Cu/kg diet, and no detrimental effects were observed in red drum fed diets supplemented with 20 mg Cu/kg.     

美国红鱼游泳体能分配模型及其在海区选址中的应用

以深水网箱养殖的美国红鱼为研究对象,通过研究其游泳时主要能量物质和代谢产物的变化规律,构建美国红鱼的游泳体能分配模型,最后结合特定的潮流规律,建立养殖海区最大潮流选择的理论方法。结果显示,美国红鱼游泳过程中,血糖浓度会显著提高,肌糖原有少量减少,肝糖原会显著降低,鱼类游泳接近疲劳时,肝糖原浓度亦接近耗尽;美国红鱼以较高速度游泳过程中,血乳酸和肌乳酸浓度会有较明显的增加,表明美国红鱼游泳过程伴随着无氧呼吸和有氧呼吸两种能量物质代谢过程。本实验提出以肝糖原浓度作为判定鱼类持续游泳能力的重要指标,并建立了基于肝糖原储能消耗的美国红鱼游泳体能分配模型。最后基于美国红鱼体能分配模型,结合养殖海区潮流规律,提出了美国红鱼养殖海区最大潮流流速选择的计算方法。研究表明,本实验提出的鱼类游泳体能分配模型构建方法以及鱼类养殖海区潮流选择论证方法,可为相关研究提供新的途径,为深水网箱、浅海围网等海洋养殖模式的海区潮流选址提供科学的参考依据。     

Evaluation of fisheries by-catch and by-product meals in diets for red drum Sciaenops ocellatus L.

This study evaluated various by‐catch and by‐product meals of marine origin with red drum (Sciaenops ocellatus L.). Four different kinds of by‐catch or by‐product meals [shrimp by‐catch meal from shrimp trawling, Pacific white shrimp (Litopenaeus vannamei (Boone)) processing waste meal, red salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka (Walbaum)) head meal, and Pacific whiting (Merluccius productus (Ayres)) meal] were substituted for Special Select? menhaden fish meal at 33% or 67% of crude protein in diets formulated to contain 40% crude protein, 12% lipid, and 14.6 kJ digestible energy g^?1. Each of these diets and three additional diets consisting of shrimp processing waste meal formulated on a digestible‐protein basis and two Pacific whiting diets containing reduced levels of ash were also evaluated in two 6‐week feeding trials with juvenile red drum (initial weight of 4–5 and 1–2 g fish^?1 in trials 1 and 2). Red drum fed by‐catch meal at either level of substitution performed as well as fish fed the control diet; whereas, fish fed shrimp processing waste meal diets had significantly (P≤0.05) reduced weight gain and feed efficiency ratio values compared with the controls, even when fed on a digestible‐protein basis. The diets containing Pacific whiting at either levels of substitution and regardless of ash level supported similar performance of red drum as those fed the control diet. Fish fed the red salmon head meal diet fared poorly, probably owing to an excessive amount of lipid in the diet that became rancid. Overall, by‐catch meal associated with shrimp trawling and Pacific whiting appear to be suitable protein feedstuffs for red drum.     

Studies on the physiology of somatolactin secretion in red drum and Atlantic croaker

The effects of exposure to water of different salinities and calcium concentrations, and to various backgrounds and illuminations on somatolactin (SL) levels in juvenile red drum (Sciaenops ocellatus) were investigated using a recently developed red drum SL radioimmunoassay. Plasma SL concentrations were also monitored in wild-caught Atlantic croaker (Micropogonias undulatus) during gonadal recrudescence. No correlations were obtained between plasma SL concentrations and different salinities, external calcium concentrations or reproductive condition in these sciaenid fishes. Plasma SL concentrations remained low (<1 ng ml^-1) in red drum 1h, 1 day and 1 week after exposure to full strength seawater (salinity 37%, calcium 1290 ppm), half strength seawater (salinity 18%, calcium 744 ppm), fresh water (salinity 1%, calcium 260 ppm) or soft water (salinity 0%, calcium 0 ppm). Circulating levels of SL did not change significantly in wild-caught croaker at the onset of vitellogenesis. However, by the end of ovarian recrudescence (late-yolk globule stage), plasma SL levels were significantly lower than those observed in females with immature (perinucleolar) oocytes. In contrast, plasma SL levels showed marked differences in red drum exposed to various backgrounds and illuminations. Plasma SL was lower in red drum kept in a light background (<1 ng ml^-1) than in those kept in a black background or in the dark (1.4-6.9 ng ml^-1). The highest plasma SL concentration (4–30 ng ml^-1) was obtained in red drum kept in a black background without illumination. These results suggest that SL is involved in the adaptation of the red drum to various backgrounds and illumination levels. SL may not have an important role during the reproductive cycle and adaptation to water of different salinities and calcium concentrations in sciaenid fishes.     

Effects of dietary animal proteins on growth and body composition of the red drum (Sciaenops ocellatus)

Two experiments were conducted to determine the nutritional value of various dietary proteins for juvenile red drum. In the first 8-week feeding trial, diets containing similar quantities of lipid, carbohydrate, available energy and ash with 35% crude protein from either lyophilized whole-body croaker (Micropogon undulatus), striated beef muscle, red drum processing waste or commercially processed menhaden (Brevoortia tyrannus) fish meal were fed to juvenile red drum in brackish (6 ppt) water along with a control diet containing lyophilized muscle of red drum. The control diet produced significantly (P<0.05) greater weight gain (WG), feed efficiency (FE), and protein efficiency ratio (PER) values than all other diets; intermediate responses were observed for fish fed diets containing protein from red drum waste and whole-body croaker, while diets containing striated beef muscle and menhaden fish meal yielded the lowest values. Some differences in tissue indices and body composition of red drum including hepatosomatic index, whole-body ash and lipid, as well as liver lipid and glycogen were induced by the various diets. In the second 8-week feeding trial, the control diet containing red drum muscle was compared with similar diets containing protein from whole-body croaker and menhaden fish meal. Again the control diet produced the greatest WG, FE, and PER values followed by whole-body croaker and then menhaden fish meal. Effects of the dietary proteins on tissue indices and body composition were limited. The excellent protein quality and low-temperature processing of lyophilized red drum muscle resulted in superior performance of red drum relative to the other evaluated protein products, and lyophilized whole-body croaker provided better performance than commercially processed menhaden fish meal.     

Evaluation of dietary creatine and guanidinoacetic acid supplementation in juvenile red drum Sciaenops ocellatus

Two separate comparative feeding trials were conducted to evaluate if supplemental dietary guanidinoacetic acid (GDA), either singly or in combination with creatine, could enhance growth performance of red drum. The basal diet for both trials was formulated with practical ingredients but was not supplemented with creatine or GDA. For the experimental diets, creatine (0 or 20 g/kg) and GDA (0, 5 or 10 g/kg) were added to the basal diet in a 2 × 3 factorial arrangement for trial 1. Another 2 × 3 experimental design was adopted in trial 2 to further evaluate creatine (0 or 20 g/kg) and GDA (0, 10 or 20 g/kg) supplementation. Each diet was fed to juvenile red drum in either quadruplicate (trial 1) or triplicate (trial 2) aquaria twice daily for a total of 8 weeks. After each feeding trial, fish were sampled for body condition indices and whole‐body composition analysis, as well as determination of plasma, liver and muscle creatine concentrations. In trial 1, dietary creatine supplementation alone significantly (p < .05) improved weight gain and feed efficiency of red drum. An interaction between creatine and GDA was seen in whole‐body protein and lipid in the two trials. In trial 1, the highest levels of whole‐body protein and lipid were observed in fish fed 10 g GDA/kg, and in trial 2, supplementation of the diet with 10 g GDA/kg increased muscle protein and muscle lipid although there was a trending decline in fish fed the 20 g/kg GDA‐supplemented diet. In both trials of the present study, dietary GDA significantly (p < .05) enhanced liver creatine content. Dietary creatine also significantly (p < .05) enhanced plasma and muscle creatine content of red drum. Based on the results of this study, creatine was effective in enhancing weight gain and feed efficiency of red drum as seen in previous studies; however, GDA was not effective in influencing growth performance but limited synthesis of creatine from dietary GDA was apparent.     

Retinal and lenticular lesions in vitamin-C-deficient juvenile red drum, Sciaenops ocellatus (L.)

Abstract Ocular pathologic findings in eyes of ascorbic acid-deficient juvenile red drum, Sciaenops ocellatus (L.), are described. Abnormalities in the most severely affected eyes included: reduced globe size and lack of normal globe rigidity; vascular congestion and intraocular haemorrhage; lenticular lesions which included disorganization of posterior cortex, vacuolation of posterior subcapsular cortex and posterior migration of lens epithelium; and severe central retinal degeneration. The authors suspect that retinal degeneration was related to phototoxic injury, to which these fish had increased susceptibility as a result of ascorbic acid deficiency. The cause for lenticular lesions was undetermined, but may have been related directly to ascorbic acid deficiency, indirectly to retinal degeneration, or both.     

Sensory characteristics and nutritional value of red drum Sciaenops ocellatus reared in freshwater and seawater conditions

This study compares sensory attributes, chemical composition, fatty acid profiles, and the taste of raw and cooked red drum Sciaenops ocellatus fillets, reared in seawater (SW) and in freshwater (FW) aquaculture systems. Significant nutritional differences were found in the raw fillets. The total lipid was higher (5.31%) in FW fish than the SW (2.60%). The ratio n‐3/n‐6 and EPA/DHA was higher in SW than FW fillets. The eicosenoic acid was only present in FW fillets. DHA was dominant in SW specimens, contrary to the arachidonic acid level, which was dominant in FW fillets. The assessors perceived a significant difference in the firmness and colour of raw fillets, but its odour intensity was not affected. Fillets from SW fish have higher acceptability (33.3%) than FW fillets (26.4%). Sensory differences in raw fillet were not correlated with consumer perceptions, as cooked fish was considered to have similar flavour, independent of its origin.     

Extension of von Bertalanffy growth model incorporating growth patterns of soft and hard tissues in bivalve molluscs

ABSTRACT:   A new practical growth model through the partial reconstruction for the von Bertalanffy function (VBF) has been proposed. In numerous studies on various species, VBF has been recognized as an appropriate function to describe growth. Here the difference in growth dynamics between soft and hard tissues is considered using VBF. A differential equation in which the growth rates of these two tissue types are described, gives a four parameter model. This advanced model showed characteristics such as: (i) S-shape curve similar to the Gompertz model; (ii) unfixed point of inflection; and (iii) definition as an implicit function. The characteristic indicated in (iii) makes it impossible to apply the method of least squares to data analysis. Therefore, a solution was introduced combining Lagrange's method of indeterminate coefficients and the Newton method. Data analysis for verifying the performance of the advanced model was conducted on published data on growth of the bivalve Spisula sachalinensis . As a result of the comparison among the existing growth models, the advanced model produced the minimum value of Akaike information criterion (AIC).     

Effects of dietary lipid and environmental salinity on growth,body composition,and cold tolerance of juvenile red drum (Sciaenops ocellatus)

Simultaneous, 6-week feeding trials were conducted in which diets containing menhaden, corn, coconut and hydrogenated menhaden oil at 7.0%, plus a diet containing 14% menhaden oil, were fed to triplicate groups of juvenile red drum (Sciaenops ocellatus) at two different salinities (5 and 32%.). Weight gain was significantly (p < 0.05) affected by diet and salinity. Fish fed the diet containing 14% menhaden oil had the greatest weight gain; whereas, fish fed the diet containing coconut oil gained the least weight. Fish in brackish water had significantly greater weight gain than fish in full-strength seawater over the 6-week period, although fish fed coconut and saturated menhaden oil in brackish water had reduced survival. Dietary lipid also significantly affected muscle and liver total lipid, hepatosomatic index (HSI), and intraperitoneal fat (IPF) ratio, as fish fed the diets containing 14% menhaden oil had higher values for all of these body condition indices.After the feeding trial, fish were subjected to a chronic cold tolerance assay. In the chronic trial, where temperature was gradually reduced over a 3-week period, fish fed the diets containing menhaden oil had significantly lower median lethal temperatures (MLT) than those fish fed the diets containing coconut, corn and saturated menhaden oils. No significant effects of cold exposure were observed on muscle and liver total lipid. Cold exposure prompted a modification in lipid metabolism by lowering total saturated fatty acids and raising (n – 3) highly unsaturated fatty acids (HUFA) in the neutral lipid of liver. Fish with the lowest MLT in the chronic assay exhibited signs of conserving (n – 3) HUFA and depleting (n – 6) fatty acids [primarily 18:2 (n – 6)], resulting in higher (n – 3)/(n – 6) ratios in the polar lipid of liver. These data suggest that the lower lethal temperature of juvenile red drum can be reduced through dietary manipulation involving the inclusion of high levels of dietary lipid rich in (n – 3) HUFA.     

饲料中添加龙须菜对眼斑拟石首鱼生长、脂肪酸组成、免疫及肠道的影响

为了研究添加龙须菜（Gracilaria lemaneiformis）对眼斑拟石首鱼（Sciaenops ocellatus）生长、脂肪酸组成、免疫和肠道的影响,在饲料中分别添加0（对照组）、1%、2%、3%、4%和5%的龙须菜,饲养初始体质量（9.380.06）g的眼斑拟石首鱼8周。结果表明,添加龙须菜对鱼体成活率、增重率（WG）和特定生长率（SGR）均不存在显著性影响（P0.05）,但1%~4%组的增重率均高于对照组,1%组的饲料效率和特定生长率最高;所有龙须菜添加组全鱼脂肪酸中的二十二碳六烯酸（DHA）均高于对照组,且添加量为5%时DHA显著高于对照组（P0.05）;肝脏中超氧化物歧化酶（SOD）活性在4%组显著高于对照组（P0.05）;3%组肠道粘膜褶最高且组织状况最好。由此可见,饲料中添加龙须菜对眼斑拟石首鱼生长有一定的促进作用,且添加适量龙须菜可以改善眼斑拟石首鱼的肝脏和肠道健康,提高全鱼DHA含量。     

Effects of alpha-ketoglutarate (AKG) on growth performance and non-specific immunity of juvenile red drum fed diets with low or adequate phosphorus levels

This study evaluated the effects of α-ketoglutarate (AKG) on the growth performance, body, and skeletal composition, as well as non-specific immunity of juvenile red drum (Sciaenops ocellatus) fed adequate or low-phosphorus diets. A 2?×?2 factorial design was arranged with two levels of total phosphorus (1.0 or 1.6%) and two levels (0 or 1%) of AKG. Each diet was fed to red drum in four replicate 110-L aquaria (15 fish/aquarium) twice daily for 7 weeks. The results indicated that the low-P diets significantly (P <?0.05) decreased weight gain, feed efficiency, and condition factor of red drum, but increased moisture content and decreased ash content of whole body, as well as decreased ash content of skeletal tissue and decreased plasma lysozyme. Supplementation of AKG significantly improved the fillet yield and plasma lysozyme and tended to improve neutrophil oxidative radical production (P?=?0.097). Based on these results, phosphorus level had the greatest effect on growth performance and non-specific immunity of red drum, while AKG supplementation had limited positive effects on immunological responses and fillet yield of juvenile red drum.     

Tests of Mendelian segregation and linkage-group relationships among 31 microsatellite loci in red drum, Sciaenops ocellatus

Two families (parents and full-sibling progeny) of red drum (Sciaenops ocellatus) were assayed for genotypes at 31 nuclear-encoded microsatellites. Tests of expected Mendelian segregation at 29 of the microsatellites were non-significant following Bonferroni correction; occurrence of null alleles was inferred at the remaining two microsatellites. Nine of the 24 possible linkage groups (range 2–5 microsatellites per linkage group) were identified. Significant differences in recombination rates were found both between sexes and between families. The microsatellite linkage groups generated in this study represent the beginning of a genetic map for red drum, an economically important marine fish in the southeastern region of the United States of America.