We evaluated the effect of ration level (RL) on the growth and energy budget of lenok Brachymystax lenok . Juvenile lenok (initial mean body weight 3.06±0.13 g) were fed for 21 d at fi ve different ration levels: starvation, 2%, 3%, 4% bwd (body weight per day, based on initial mean values), and apparent satiation. Feed consumption, apparent digestibility, and growth were directly measured. Specifi c growth rates in terms of wet weight, dry weight, protein, and energy increased logarithmically with an increase in ration levels. The relationship between specifi c growth rate in terms of wet weight (SGR w , %/d) and RL (%) was characterized by a decelerating curve: SGR w =-1.417+3.166ln(RL+1). The apparent digestibility coeffi cients of energy exhibited a decreasing pattern with increasing ration level, and there was a signifi cant difference among different RLs. Body composition was signifi cantly affected by ration size. The relationship between feed effi ciency rate in terms of energy (FERe) and RL was: FERe=-14.167+23.793RL-3.367(RL) 2 , and the maximum FERe was observed at a 3.53% ration. The maintenance requirement for energy of juvenile lenok was 105.39 kJ BW (kg) -0.80 /d , the utilization effi ciency of DE for growth was 0.496. The energy budget equation at satiation was: 100IE=29.03FE+5.78(ZE+UE)+39.56 HE+25.63 RE, where IE is feed energy, FE is fecal energy, ZE+UE is excretory energy, HE is heat production, and RE is recovered energy. Our results suggest that the most suitable feeding rate for juvenile lenok aquaculture for wet weight growth is 2.89% bwd, whereas for energy growth, the suggested rate is 3.53% bwd at this growth stage.