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Comparative Production Characteristics of Sunshine Bass and Sunshine Bass × Striped Bass in Recirculating‐Water Systems
Author(s) -
Tomasso J. R.,
Kempton C. J.,
Gallman A.,
Smith T. I. J.
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
north american journal of aquaculture
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.432
H-Index - 41
eISSN - 1548-8454
pISSN - 1522-2055
DOI - 10.1577/1548-8454(1999)061<0079:cpcosb>2.0.co;2
Subject(s) - morone , bass (fish) , biology , fishery , juvenile , ecology
The production characteristics of juvenile sunshine bass (female white bass Morone chrysops × male striped bass M. saxatilis )and juvenile backcrosses (female sunshine bass × male striped bass) were compared in a 56‐d growth trial in recirculating‐water systems. Survival, growth, and feed conversion ratios were similar ( P < 0.05). Condition factors of the sunshine bass were significantly higher. The results of this study indicate that juvenile sunshine bass and the sunshine bass × striped bass backcross perform similarly in culture situations and that the backcross may offer an alternative to sunshine bass and palmetto bass (male white bass × female striped bass) in the hybrid striped bass industry.