Table 1 Fish performance, biometry indices and survival of juvenile barramundi after six weeks feeding with test diets contain various level of PBM supplemented with HI larvae.

IBW (g)

3.48 ± 0.03^a

3.50 ± 0.06^a

3.53 ± 0.05^a

0.731

FBW (g)

50.07 ± 3.54^b

62.39 ± 2.37^a

31.24 ± 1.92^c

0.001

WG (g)

46.59 ± 3.57^b

58.88 ± 2.41^a

27.71 ± 1.90^c

0.001

SGR (%/d)

6.33 ± 0.19^a

6.85 ± 0.12^a

5.18 ± 0.13^b

0.001

FI (g/fish d⁻¹)

0.78 ± 0.05^ab

1.16 ± 0.15^a

0.62 ± 0.63^b

0.049

FCR

0.71 ± 0.06^a

0.83 ± 0.07^a

0.96 ± 0.22^a

0.518

HSI (%)

1.82 ± 0.26^a

1.52 ± 0.12^a

1.41 ± 0.05^a

0.043

VSI (%)

8.43 ± 0.42^a

7.61 ± 0.44^a

7.98 ± 0.80^a

0.612

CF (g/cm³)

1.18 ± 0.05^ab

1.48 ± 0.14^a

1.08 ± 0.12^b

0.224

SI (%)

0.09 ± 0.02^a

0.10 ± 0.02^a

0.11 ± 0.02^a

0.667

IFI (%)

1.01 ± 0.18^ab

0.67 ± 0.09^b

1.12 ± 0.06^a

0.043

RGL (%)

46.40 ± 2.85^a

45.16 ± 2.61^a

40.75 ± 1.77^a

0.251