Table 2 Growth performance, feed conversion ratio, fillet muscle chemical composition (% of wet weight) and fatty acid profile (% total fatty acids) of European seabass fed test diets over 147 d

 FBW, g

266.6^a

312.2^b

301.3^b

284.2^c

285.4^c

5.041

 K

1.17^a

1.30^b

1.25^c

1.24^c

1.25^c

0.012

 WG, g/kg/d

2.99^a

4.31^b

3.95^b

3.69^ab

3.73^b

0.163

 SGR

0.38^a

0.50^b

0.47^b

0.44^a

0.45^a

0.013

 FI, g/kg/d

6.60^a

6.45^a

6.59^a

7.60^b

7.23^ab

0.182

 FCR

1.87^a

1.32^b

1.40^b

1.72^ac

1.63^c

0.069

 PER

1.19^a

1.67^b

1.57^b

1.27^ac

1.35^c

0.623

 Water

70.7

69.3

70.0

70.4

70.3

0.23

 Lipids

6.9

7.4

6.8

7.0

7.2

0.20

 Crude protein

20.5^a

22.0^b

21.5^ab

21.1^ab

20.7^ab

0.14

 Ash

1.3

1.2

1.3

1.2

1.3

0.01

 16:0

17.3^ab

16.4^a

18.3^ab

19.8^c

19.7^c

0.48

 18:0

3.7^a

3.9^ab

4.0^b

4.1^b

4.0^b

0.05

 SFA

26.0^a

24.7^ab

27.6^a

30.0^c

29.2^c

0.72

 16:1n-7cis

4.9^a

4.2^a

5.1^ab

5.9^b

5.8^b

0.23

 18:1n-9 cis

29.8^a

35.3^b

30.0^a

27.3^c

27.0^c

0.96

 20:1n-9

1.9^a

2.0^a

2.1^a

2.8^b

2.7^b

0.13

 MUFA

37.5

41.2

38.0

37.6

36.7

0.65

 18:2n-6 cis

16.4^a

15.2^b

15.2^b

11.8^c

12.2^c

0.62

 20:2n-6

1.1

1.2

1.2

1.3

1.2

0.02

 n-6PUFA

17.5^a

16.7^ab

16.5^b

13.3^c

13.6^c

0.61

 18:3n-3

6.5^a

6.6^a

5.8^b

4.3^c

4.8^c

0.32

 20:5n-3

6.1^a

5.3^b

6.3^a

7.5^c

7.4^c

0.30

 22:6n-3

6.0^a

4.9^a

6.0^a

7.6^b

7.2^b

0.36

 n-3PUFA

18.0^a

17.0^b

18.1^a

19.4^a

19.3^a

0.33

 n-3/n-6

1.04^a

1.02^a

1.10^a

1.46^b

1.42^b

0.07