“…Phosphorus (P), a required nutrient in fish diet, is a limit factor that causes the deterioration of aquatic environment due to the P discharging from the feed and faeces because of the excessive P supplementation in fish diet (Hua & Bureau, ; Sugiura, Dong, & Hardy, ), whereas P is an essential nutrient required for growth, skeletal mineralization, reproduction and energy metabolism in fish, and is critical to be added into fish diets because fish have the low availability of P in both freshwater and seawater (Lall, ; NRC, ; Roy & Lall, ; Sugiura, Hardy, & Roberts, ). Therefore, to minimize eutrophication of waterbody, aquafeeds should meet the P requirement of fish and avoid excess P contents in the diet at the meantime (Jokinen, Vielma, Aaltonen, & Koskela, ; Musharraf & Khan, ). The studies about P requirement and utilization have been largely reported in many fish species, such as large yellow croaker ( Pseudosciaena crocea R. ) (Mai et al, ), rainbow trout ( Oncorhynchus mykiss ) (Fontagné et al, ; Lellis, Barrows, & Hardy, ), juvenile black seabream ( Sparus macrocephalus ) (Shao et al, ), Africa catfish ( Heterobranchus bidorsalis ) (Nwanna, Adebayo, & Omitoyin, ), stinging catfish ( Heteropneustes fossilis ) (Zafar & Khan, ) and gibel carp ( Carassius auratus gibelio ) (Xie et al, , ), which, however, have rarely been studied in sturgeon.…”