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Crossbreeding is a powerful tool for improving productivity and profitability in aquaculture. We conducted a pilot study of an artificial cross between two important cultivated scallops in China,  Chlamys farreri  and  Mimachlamys nobilis , to test the feasibility of interspecific hybridization. Reciprocal hybridization experiments were performed using a single-pair mating strategy ( M. nobilis  ♀ ×  C. farreri  ♂ and  C. farreri  ♀ ×  M. nobilis  ♂). The fertilization of each pair was tracked using fluorescence staining of the gametes, and the chromosomes of the F1 hybrid larvae were examined via conventional karyotyping and genomic  in situ  hybridization (GISH). We observed moderate fertilization success in both interspecific crosses, although the overall fertilization was generally less rapid than that of intraspecific crosses. Conventional karyotyping showed that 70.4% of the viable F1 larvae in  M. nobilis  ♀ ×  C. farreri  ♂ and 55.4% in  C. farreri  ♀ ×  M. nobilis  ♂ comprised hybrid karyotypes (2n = 35 = 6m+5sm+11st+13t), and the results were further confirmed by GISH. Interestingly, we detected a few F1 from the  M. nobilis  ♀ ×  C. farreri  ♂ cross that appeared to have developed gynogenetically. In addition, chromosome fragmentations, aneuploids and allopolyploids were observed in some F1 individuals. Our study presents evidence that the artificial cross between  M. nobilis  and  C. farreri  is experimentally possible. Further investigations of the potential heterosis of the viable F1 offspring at various developmental stages should be conducted to obtain a comprehensive evaluation of the feasibility of crossbreeding between these two scallop species.

Fertilization and Cytogenetic Examination of Interspecific Reciprocal Hybridization between the Scallops, Chlamys farreri and Mimachlamys nobilis