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Iranian Journal of Fisheries Sciences        19(1) 167-181                           2020
                                                                  DOI: 10.22092/ijfs.2019.118784.
                                                                    Effects of dietary supplementation with natural carotenoid
                                                                   sources on growth performance and skin coloration of fancy
                                                                                      carp, Cyprinus carpio L.

                                                                                      Ninwichian P.1*; Chookird D.1; Phuwan N.1
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                                                                                  Received: August 2015                 Accepted: August 2017

                                                                  Abstract
                                                                  We evaluated the effects of natural carotenoid sources on the growth performance and
                                                                  skin pigmentation of Cyprinus carpio. Samples with mean initial weight of 51.235.04
                                                                  g were fed with four experimental diets in quadruplicate for 8 weeks: A control diet
                                                                  without carotenoid supplementation and three other diets with three different kinds of
                                                                  natural carotenoid sources, Phafia rhodozyma, Paracoccus sp., and Haematococcus
                                                                  pluviallis, at a level of 45 mg kg-1 total carotenoids. The growth and feed utilization
                                                                  efficiency did not significantly differ between the dietary treatments (p>0.05). The
                                                                  lightness (L*) in the red zone of the fish on the control diet tend to increase
                                                                  significantly from the other treatments (p
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                                                                  Introduction                                            xanthophylls, have been incorporated
                                                                  Fancy carp (Cyprinus carpio L.) is one                  into fish diets for color enhancement
                                                                  of the globally most popular ornamental                 (Gouveia et al., 2003; Kalinowski et al.,
                                                                  fish species, and a wide variety of                     2005; Kurnia et al., 2007; Yeşilayer et
                                                                  colors and patterns have been classified                al., 2011; Yuangsoi et al., 2011; Liu et
                                                                  for this species (Tamadachi, 1990;                      al., 2014; Yi et al., 2014; Sornsupharp
                                                                  Blasiola, 1995; Gomelsky et al., 1996).                 et al., 2015; Boonyapakdee et al.,
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                                                                  The fancy carp with a white body and a                  2015). However, the use of syntetic
                                                                  red marking is one of the most popular                  carotenoids may have negative impacts,
                                                                  among the color types (Kuroki, 1981;                    such as environmental deterioration and
                                                                  Tamadachi,        1990).     The      skin              carcinogenic effects, and they tend to
                                                                  pigmentation of fancy carp is the most                  have a high cost (El-Baky et al., 2007;
                                                                  important         quality       parameter               Gupta et al., 2007; Sun et al., 2012;
                                                                  determining the market value and                        Teimouri et al., 2013), so recent efforts
                                                                  consumer acceptability. A frequent                      have emphasized the potential use of
                                                                  problem found in fancy carp culture is                  coloring agents from alternative natural
                                                                  that, the fish tend to lose their color as              sources, such as fairy shrimps (Seidgar,
                                                                  if fading when maintained in captivity,                 2015; Seidgar et al., 2016), beetroots
                                                                  and this decreases their market value                   (Devi et al., 2016) to replace the
                                                                  (Yuangsoi et al., 2010). Therefore,                     syntetic chemicals. In prior studies the
                                                                  several studies have been focused on                    natural compounds derived from red
                                                                  improving the fish skin coloration.                     yeast, marine bacteria, and green algae,
                                                                  Various factors were contributed to the                 were efficient as synthetic carotenoids
                                                                  color intensity of aquatic animals, such                for improving the skin pigmentation in
                                                                  as the source and type of pigments,                     several ornamental fish species,
                                                                  water temperature, brightness, feeding                  including goldfish (Carassius auratus)
                                                                  rate, diet composition, species, size and               (Gouveia et al., 2003; Xu et al., 2006),
                                                                  physiological conditions (Leng and Li,                  Kenyi cichlids (Maylandia lombardoi)
                                                                  2006). However, carotenoids that are                    (Karadal et al., 2017), and tomato
                                                                  lipid-soluble pigments are the most                     clownfish     (Amphiprion       frenatus)
                                                                  effective and consistent means to                       (Hekimoglu et al., 2017). Therefore, the
                                                                  enhance the skin coloration in                          objective of the present study was to
                                                                  ornamental fishes (García-Chavarría                     evaluate the effects of Phafia
                                                                  and Lara-Flores, 2013). Since fishes are                rhodozyma, Paracoccus sp., and
                                                                  incapable of syntesizing carotenoids de                 Haematococcus pluviallis, as natural
                                                                  novo in their body, so these pigments                   sources of carotenoids, on the growth,
                                                                  must be supplied in the diet (Johnson                   feeding     efficientcy     and      skin
                                                                  and An, 1991; Gouveia et al., 2003;                     pigmentation of C. carpio. In addition,
                                                                  Gupta et al., 2007). A variety of                       the total carotenoid concentrations
                                                                  carotenoids from both natural and                       deposited in the skin, scales and serum
                                                                  synthetic sources, such as astaxanthin,                 were also investigated. In case such
                                                                  cantaxanthin, -carotene, lutein and                    natural carotenoid supplemented diets
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                                                                  were effective on improving the skin               The fish and their rearing conditions
                                                                  pigmentation of fancy carp, the costs              Mixed sex fancy carp were obtained
                                                                  and concerns from using synthetic                  from a commercial fish farm in
                                                                  carotenoids could be reduced without               Nakornpatom       province,    Thailand.
                                                                  loss of the market value, which depends            Before these fish were transported to
                                                                  on the pigmentation.                               conduct the feeding experiments at
                                                                                                                     Prince of Songkla University, Surat
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                                                                  Materials and methods                              Thani campus, Thailand, they were first
                                                                  Experimental diets                                 raised in an earthen pond and fed with a
                                                                  Four different experimental diets were             commercial fancy carp diet. Before
                                                                  used during the experimental period for            starting the experiment on campus, the
                                                                  8 weeks. A commercial herbivorous                  fish were fed with a control diet for 2
                                                                  fish diet (Starfeed 5931TM, Charoen                weeks to acclimatize them to the
                                                                  Pokphand Foods Public Company                      rearing system, and to equalize
                                                                  Limited, Thailand) without additional              carotenoid contents in their bodies. A
                                                                  pigment was used as the baseline or                total of 256 individual fish with an
                                                                  control diet. The three other diets were           initial mean weight of 51.235.04 g
                                                                  formulated to contain 45 mg kg-1 total             were randomly divided into 16 indoor
                                                                  carotenoids from three different natural           tanks (300 L each) at a stocking density
                                                                  pigment source, namely, P. rhodozyma               of 16 fish per tank. Each group of fish
                                                                  (Brineshrimpdirect Co., Ltd., USA),                were stocked in a 75×75×60 cm3 indoor
                                                                  Paracoccus sp. (Brineshrimpdirect Co.,             tank, and the freshwater flush rate was
                                                                  Ltd., USA), and H. pluvialis                       0.5 L min-1. Each dietary treatment was
                                                                  (NaturoseTM, Cyanotech corporation,                randomly assigned to four of the tanks,
                                                                  USA). The supplement pigments were                 for four replicate treatment groups. The
                                                                  in powder form, and were coated onto               fish    were     fed    their   assigned
                                                                  the surface of the basal diet by first             experimental diets by hand three times
                                                                  completely mixing with egg white (100              a day (8:00, 12:00, and 16:00) at the
                                                                  g kg-1) and spreading evenly, while the            feeding rate of 3% of their body weight
                                                                  control diet was only coated with egg              for 8 weeks. The amount of feed was
                                                                  white. All the experimental feeds were             adjusted every 2 weeks after the fish
                                                                  air dried, stored in re-sealable bags at           had been weighed. The mortality and
                                                                  -20C, and kept away from light and                the amount of feed used were recorded
                                                                  moisture throughout the experiment.                daily. During the feeding trial, the fish
                                                                  The proximate analysis of the control              were reared under natural photoperiod.
                                                                  diet, amount of supplemented pigments              The water temperature ranged from 26
                                                                  and total carotenoid concentrations of             to 28.5C, the dissolved oxygen was in
                                                                  the experimental diets are given in                the range from 7 to 10 mg L-1, and the
                                                                  Tables 1 and 2.                                    pH was 6.5-7.0; these parameters were
                                                                                                                     monitored daily. At the end of the
                                                                                                                     experiment, the fish were individually
                                                                                                                     weighed. The observations were used to
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                                                                  calculate the growth, the survival, and                 and then sacrificed with an overdose of
                                                                  the feeding efficiency of fancy carp                    clove oil solution. A 300 µl blood
                                                                  during the 8-week trial.                                sample was collected from each
                                                                                                                          individual, from the caudal vein with a
                                                                  Skin color measurement                                  1 ml non-heparinized disposable
                                                                  At the beginning and every 2 weeks                      syringe fitted with a 0.7×25 mm
                                                                  after feeding experiment, a total of 3                  disposable needle. The blood samples
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                                                                  individual fish from each tank were                     for each replicate tank were pooled into
                                                                  randomly selected and anesthetized                      a single tube, and allowed to clot on ice
                                                                  using clove oil solution, to measure the                before centrifugation at 300 g for 10
                                                                  coloration on red and white zones of the                min to separate out the serum. The
                                                                  fish skin using a tristimulus colorimeter               serum (200 µl per replication) was
                                                                  (SC80B, Sino Age Development                            transferred to an empty tube and
                                                                  Technology Ltd., Beijing, China). The                   vortexed with 400 µl of ethanol for 30s,
                                                                  color was assessed in terms of L*, a*,                  before 800 µl of petroleum ether was
                                                                  and b*, where L* represents the                         added to the mixture and vortexed for 1
                                                                  lightness with range from 0 for black to                min. The petroleum ether was then
                                                                  100 for white. The +a* expresses red                    separated by centrifugation at 300 g for
                                                                  while -a* indicates green, and +b*                      10 min (White et al., 2002). The
                                                                  represents yellow while -b* indicates                   absorbance of the supernatant was
                                                                  blue, in accordance with the                            measured at 450 nm using a UV-visible
                                                                  recommendations of the International                    spectrophotometer (U2900; Toshiba,
                                                                  Commission on Illumination (The                         Tokyo, Japan). The total carotenoid
                                                                  International       Commission         on               concentration was estimated using the
                                                                  Illumination (CIE), 1977). The hue (H)                 specific extinction coefficient E1%, 1cm=
                                                                  and the chroma (C*) values were                         2,500 with Beer Lambert’s law (Britton
                                                                  calculated from a* and b*. The Hº is an                 et al., 1995).
                                                                  angular measure of the visible colors in                   Skin and scales from the red and the
                                                                  the electromagnetic spectrum, with 0,                  white zones were collected from three
                                                                  30º, and 60º assigned to red, orange and                individuals     per    replication     for
                                                                  yellow hue, respectively. The C*                        evaluating     the    total    carotenoid
                                                                  represents the intensity of a given color.              concentrations. Samples representing
                                                                  The transforms used were Hº= arctan                     each replicate tank were pooled
                                                                  (b*/a*) and C*=                        (Hunt,           separately for the white and the red
                                                                                                                          skin, and the scales, into re-sealable
                                                                  1977).
                                                                                                                          bags covered with aluminium foil that
                                                                                                                          were stored at -20ºC until further
                                                                  Sampling      procedure    and      total
                                                                                                                          analysis. The total carotenoid analysis
                                                                  carotenoid analysis
                                                                                                                          of the fish skin and the scales followed
                                                                  At the end of the feeding trial, three
                                                                                                                          the method of Britton et al. (1995), with
                                                                  individual fish from each replicate tank
                                                                                                                          minor modifications. Briefly, the
                                                                  were first used for color measurement
                                                                                                                          sample was accurately weighed to 1.00
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                                                                  g fresh weight, and homogenized in                  Results
                                                                  acetone using a small mortar and a                  Treatment effects on growth and feed
                                                                  pestle until the sample appeared                    utilization efficiency
                                                                  colorless. After homogenizing, the solid            The effects of the experimental diets on
                                                                  debris have been removed out by                     the growth performance and feed
                                                                  filtering through a small pad of cotton             utilization efficiency were shown in
                                                                  wool. The filtered mixture was                      Table 3. There were no significant
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                                                                  transferred to a separating funnel and an           differences in WG, SGR, FCR or PER
                                                                  equal volume of diethyl ether was                   between the treatments (p>0.05). The
                                                                  added. After that, the mixture was                  average WG values, relative to initial
                                                                  mixed gently, then two volumes of                   weight, across the experimental diets
                                                                  water were added to the mixture, gently             were in the range from 0.69 to 0.84.
                                                                  mixed and set aside for a while until the           The SGR values varied from 0.95 to
                                                                  mixture was separated into two phases.              1.31. The FCR ranging from 2.4 to 3.11
                                                                  The upper phase was collected, then the             was related to the PER, from 1.69 to
                                                                  maximum absorbance was determined                   2.15. The survival rates by treatment
                                                                  over the wavelength range 350-550 nm.               were between 92% and 96%.
                                                                  The maximum absorbance value (
                                                                  max) was used to estimate the total                 Treatment effects on the body color
                                                                  carotenoid concentration using the                  intensity
                                                                  specific extinction coefficient E1%,                The effects of experimental diets on the
                                                                  1cm=2,500 (Britton et al., 1995).                   lightness (L*), redness (a*), yellowness
                                                                                                                      (b*), hue (Hº), and chroma (C*) values
                                                                  Statistical analysis                                of fancy carp were shown in Table 4
                                                                  All results are presented as meanSE.               and in Figs. 1 and 2. There were no
                                                                  All the data were subjected to a one-               significant differences in the L*, a*,
                                                                  way analysis of variance (ANOVA)                    and b* values for the red zone between
                                                                  using SPSS 15.0 for Windows, and                    the dietary treatment groups at the
                                                                  Tukey’s test was used to determine                  beginning of the experiment (p>0.05)
                                                                  significant      differences      between           (Fig. 1). The L* for the red zone of fish
                                                                  individual means used in assessing the              fed with the control diet tended to
                                                                  total carotenoids in experimental diets             increase during the feeding trial, and by
                                                                  and the effects of the dietary treatments.          the end of the experiment it was
                                                                  The differences were considered                     significantly higher than the other
                                                                  statistically significant when p
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                                                                  sp. (22.32±1.50), and H. pluvialis                      Total      carotenoid      contents    of
                                                                  (21.73±1.34), respectively (Fig. 1B).                   integuments and serum
                                                                  Moreover, the b* values of the red zone                 Effects of the experimental diets on the
                                                                  showed no significant differences                       total carotenoid deposition in the fish
                                                                  between      the    dietary    treatments               skin, the scales and the serum were
                                                                  throughout the trial (p>0.05) (Fig. 1C).                presented in Table 5. Samples of both
                                                                  In terms of the white zone, no                          white skin and scales showed no
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                                                                  significant differences in the L*, a*,                  significant effects, while the carotenoid
                                                                  and b* values were observed between                     concentrations in the red skin and scales
                                                                  the dietary treatment groups at the                     had significant differences between the
                                                                  beginning of the experiment (p>0.05)                    experimental diets. The diet with H.
                                                                  (Fig. 2). During the feeding trial, the L*              pluvialis gave the highest carotenoid
                                                                  for the white zone of fish fed with the                 levels in both red skin (53.05±1.77) and
                                                                  control diet tended to decrease and by                  scales (35.60±0.69), while the control
                                                                  the end of the feeding trial, it was the                group had the lowest levels (p
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                                                                  red scales with R2=0.90, while such                         decrease in Hº of the red scales with
                                                                  change in deposition matched a                              R2=0.92 (p
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                                                                        Table 5: Effects of the different diets on the total carotenoid concentration in the skin,
                                                                                the scales, and the serum of fancy carp, after 8 weeks of treatment
                                                                         Total carotenoids Dietary supplement
                                                                         (mg kg-1)               Control          P. rhodozyma     Paracoccus sp.            H. pluvialis
                                                                                                              a                a                a
                                                                         White skin              10.75±1.58       12.88±0.85       11.68±1.68                13.56±1.62a
                                                                         Red skin                42.15±0.13b      49.45±2.24ab     52.73±4.95a               53.05±1.77a
                                                                         White scales            5.21±0.51a       5.63±1.21a       5.24±0.73a                4.79±0.60a
                                                                         Red scales              26.27±2.17b      35.07±0.90a      33.20±2.32ab              35.60±0.69a
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                                                                         Serum (µg ml-1)         1.07±0.03a       1.50±0.13a       1.51±0.14a                1.30±0.16a
                                                                        Data represent as mean±SE. Different superscripts in the same row indicated significant
                                                                        differences at p
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                                                                         Figure 2: The mean values of L*, a*, and b* on the white
                                                                                 skin zone for the four experimental diets observed at
                                                                                 0, 2, 4, 6, and 8 weeks. Different capital letters
                                                                                 indicate significance with p
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                                                                  (Sparus aurata) (Gomes et al., 2002),                   of pigment supplementation in the feed
                                                                  red porgy (Pagrus pagrus) (Chatzifotis                  caused a slight decrease in redness on
                                                                  et al., 2005; Kalinowski et al., 2005),                 the skin over the first 4 weeks, followed
                                                                  goldfish (Yeşilayer et al., 2011) and                   by a significant drop over the rest of the
                                                                  large yellow croaker (Larimichthys                      trial. During carotenoid suspension, the
                                                                  croceus) (Yi et al., 2014). However, in                 fish cannot synthesize carotenoids in
                                                                  some studies a dietary carotenoid                       their body. Therefore, the initial
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                                                                  supplement improved the growth and                      carotenoid      contents      continuously
                                                                  feed utilization efficiency in fish (Liang              decreased, due to utilization in
                                                                  et al., 2012; Sun et al., 2012).                        intermediary metabolism and other
                                                                                                                          functions, and this affected the skin
                                                                  Effects of carotenoid supplemented                      redness. A similar result to this study
                                                                  diets on color parameters                               has been reported by Yuangsoi et al.
                                                                  The color parameters have been widely                   (2010), who also observed that
                                                                  used to quantify fish skin coloration. In               carotenoid suspension decreased the
                                                                  this study the inclusion of natural                     redness of fish skin. We note that, in
                                                                  pigment in the diets significantly                      our case, it took at least ten weeks for a
                                                                  improved skin pigmentation. The fish                    significant     drop     in     the    skin
                                                                  fed with P. rhodozyma containing diet                   pigmentation, appearing as faded color.
                                                                  had the highest a* and C*, and the                      The b* value indicates the purity of
                                                                  lowest L* and Hº in the red zone, while                 white     skin,     with      higher     b*
                                                                  the control group had the lowest a* and                 corresponding to more yellowness. The
                                                                  C* and the highest L* and Hº.                           fish fed with P. rhodozyma in the diet
                                                                  Interestingly, the red zone a* values of                did not significantly differ from the
                                                                  fish fed with the control diet tended to                other treatment groups in the b* value.
                                                                  decrease during the trial, while the                    Meanwhile, the L* values on the red
                                                                  carotenoid supplementation maintained                   zone of fish fed with dietary pigments
                                                                  or improved skin redness. The                           were significantly lower than the fish
                                                                  continuous decrease in the skin redness                 fed with the control diet, especially so
                                                                  of the fish fed with the control diet may               with the P. rhodozyma diet. This is
                                                                  be explained by the effects of                          probably related to the progressive
                                                                  carotenoid suspension in a control                      accumulation of carotenoid pigments in
                                                                  group. Since the fish had been raised in                the red zone. Similar results with
                                                                  an earthen pond, which contained a                      decreasing L* during carotenoid
                                                                  variety of phytoplanktons, and fed with                 supplementation have been reported in
                                                                  a commercial fancy carp diet for a long                 rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss)
                                                                  period of time before they were used in                 (Teimouri et al., 2013) and large yellow
                                                                  the experiment. Thus, fish had                          croaker (L. croceus) (Yi et al., 2014).
                                                                  accumulated        carotenoids       from               Furthermore, Pérez-Escalante et al.
                                                                  phytoplanktons and mainly from the                      (2012) and Liu et al. (2014) have been
                                                                  commercial fancy carp diet, prior to the                reported          that           carotenoid
                                                                  dietary treatments of the trial. The loss               supplementation         may       stimulate
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                                                                  chromatophore production and increase               Carotenoid accumulation in fish skin,
                                                                  the        pigment        granules      in          scales and serum
                                                                  chromatophores,       thus      ultimately          The efficiency of carotenoid deposition
                                                                  increasing     the     fish    coloration.          in some specific tissues, organs or
                                                                  Additionally, these chromatophore                   specific positions of the fish skin is
                                                                  quantities on the fish tissues were                 dependent on various factors, including
                                                                  dependent on the body zone (Pérez-                  the fish species, the carotenoid sources,
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                                                                  Escalante et al., 2012).                            quantities of chromatophores, and the
                                                                     Overall, the fish fed with P.                    distribution pattern and carotenoid
                                                                  rhodozyma in the diet had the most                  deposition capacity (Barbosa et al.,
                                                                  redness in their skin color among all the           1999; Liang et al., 2012; Pérez-
                                                                  dietary treatments. This indicates that             Escalante et al., 2012; Liu et al., 2014;
                                                                  the fish may utilize P. rhodozyma more              Yi et al., 2014). In our results, there
                                                                  efficiently than the other experimental             was no significant difference for
                                                                  diets to improve skin pigmentation.                 carotenoid accumulations in the skin,
                                                                  Such effects may be the result of cell              scales, or serum among fish fed with
                                                                  wall disruption of P. rhodozyma before              carotenoid supplemented diets. This
                                                                  inclusion into the fish feed which                  suggested that these dietary pigments
                                                                  enhance carotenoid bioavailability, and             had a similar accumulation of
                                                                  facilitate digestion and assimilation by            carotenoids. When we considered the
                                                                  the digestive tract. A similar                      total carotenoid concentrations across
                                                                  explanation has been reported by                    all dietary treatments, the carotenoids
                                                                  Johnson et al. (1980) who demonstrate               were more deposited in the skin than in
                                                                  that trout fed with fully disrupted yeast           the scales, as well as more in the red
                                                                  showed more improvement in their                    than in the white zones. These results
                                                                  pigmentation than those fed with only               were in agreement with the study of
                                                                  partially disrupted red yeast. Moreover,            Liang et al. (2012) who state that
                                                                  since carotenoid in P. rhodozyma is                 carotenoids in fancy carp were mainly
                                                                  accumulated in the lipid droplets of                deposited in the skin more than in the
                                                                  cytoplasmic membranes (Johnson and                  scales. The possible explanation for
                                                                  An, 1991), these lipid droplets may                 these observations is that the deposition
                                                                  improve the absorption of the lipid                 capacity of carotenoids and the
                                                                  soluble pigments as reported by                     presence of chromatophores may be
                                                                  Guerden et al. (1998). The cell wall                higher in the skin than in the scales and
                                                                  disruption and the lipid droplets of P.             also may be higher in the red than in the
                                                                  rhodozyma therefore may increase                    white zones. Besides the factors
                                                                  carotenoid absorption in fancy carp,                mentioned above, the number of
                                                                  leading to the most improvement in the              adipose cells and the fat deposition
                                                                  skin redness as observed in the current             levels in the fish may also affect the
                                                                  study.                                              efficiency of carotenoid deposition as
                                                                                                                      described by Qiufen et al. (2012). In
                                                                                                                      addition, Mahboob et al. (2014)
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                                                                  reported that the fat content in C.                     the Aquatic Animal Biotechnology
                                                                  carprio is higher in the skin than in the               Research Center, Faculty of Science
                                                                  scales. These suggested that the fat                    and Industrial Technology, Prince of
                                                                  content of the skin may facilitate the                  Songkla University, Surat Thani
                                                                  accumulation of lipid soluble pigments,                 Campus, Thailand.
                                                                  leading to more carotenoid deposition
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