“…Florfenicol (FLR) is the most commonly used antibacterial drug in world aquaculture, which is a synthetic drug with chemical structure and spectrum of bactericidal activity similar to chloramphenicol, and has been shown to have potent activity against several pathogenic bacteria (Caipang, Lazado, Brinchmann, Berg & Kiron ; Fodey, George, Traynor, Delahaut, Kennedy, Elliott & Crooks ). Previous FLR pharmacokinetic studies in aquaculture were performed mainly on finfishes (Malvisi, Della Rocca, Anfossi, Tomasi, Di Salvo, Zanchetta, Magni, Sello & Giorgetti ; Lewbart, Papich & Whitt‐Smith ; Park, Lim, Kim & Yun ; Sun, Zhao, Shan, Zhu, Zeng & Liu ; Lim, Kim, Hwang, Song, Park & Yun ; Zaki et al . ; Zhao, Zhang, Bai, Zhu, Shan, Zeng & Sun ).…”