Vibrio harveyi is ubiquitous in warm seawater and sediments and has become a common bacterial pathogen isolated from aquatic animals and even humans (Brehm et al., 2020;Joana et al., 2019;Peeralil et al., 2020). It is also a member of intestinal microflora in the intestines of marine vertebrates and invertebrates (Rungrassamee et al., 2016). Vibrio harveyi mainly infects shrimp (Martin et al., 2004;Zhou et al., 2012) and causes intestinal tract (Rungrassamee et al., 2016) and hepatopancreatic necrosis (Sarmila et al., 2019). Under natural conditions, fish are generally more susceptible to V. harveyi than invertebrates (Owens & Busico-Salcedo, 2006). Vibrio harveyi generally infect commercially important fish such as orange-spotted grouper (Epinephelus coioides) (Bai et al., 2020) and Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) (Zhang & Austin, 2000). It also causes muscular ulcer, tail erosion, eye infection, symptoms of tongue sole (Cynoglossus semilaevis) and gilthead bream (Sparus aurata) (Haldar et al., 2010;Li et al., 2019), and 'Scale Drop and Muscle Necrosis disease' (SDMND)