“…Large yellow croaker, Larimichthys crocea , is an important carnivorous marine fish species widely cultured in southeast China. Recently, low retention of n‐3 LC‐PUFA has been observed after large proportion of fish oil was replaced by vegetable oil, which seriously affected fillet quality (Duan, Mai, Shentu, Ai, Zhong, Jiang, Zhang, Zhang & Guo ). During the past decade, numerous studies have been conducted to investigate nutrient requirement, metabolism and nutritional immunology in juvenile large yellow croaker (Ai, Mai, Tan, Xu, Duan, Ma & Zhang ; Ai, Mai, Zhang, Tan, Zhang, Xu & Li ; Ai, Zhao, Mai, Xu, Tan, Ma & Liufu ; Wang, Ai, Mai, Xu, Xu, Zhang, Wang & Liufu ; Ai, Xu, Mai, Xu, Wang & Zhang ; Zuo, Ai, Mai, Xu, Wang, Xu, Liufu & Zhang ,b; Zuo, Ai, Mai & Xu ).…”