This book highlights the ontogenetic development of larval T. ovatus, provides a comprehensive overview of larval rearing of this species. It focuses on the physiological and molecular changes during the early ontogeny of T. ovatus and hatchery and nursery practices. The first seven chapters update the recent development in the hatchery technology in T. ovatus, including feed and feeding, environmental manipulation, hatchery management, and fingerlings in transportation. Chapter eight and onwards decode the possible molecular mechanisms underlying fish development and response to environmental changes and discuss the transcription and expressions of growth and development-related genes in T. ovatus. The last chapters discuss the functional feed additives to the diet and antibiotic usage of T. ovatus juveniles. This book is a valuable resource for researchers, practitioners and students in the aquaculture industry and related fields.

Prof. Zhenhua Ma graduated from Flinders University (Australia) with PhD in Aquaculture. He used to work for Flinders University and Temasek Polytechnic (Singapore). Currently, he is the manager of the Tropical Aquaculture Research and Development Center of South China Sea Fisheries Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, and Vice Director of Sanya Tropical Fisheries Research Institute. Academic experiences including: postgraduate supervisor of Shanghai Ocean University and Tianjin Agricultural College; Member of the 3rd Hainan original seed breeding committee; Member of the aquatic animal behaviour committee of Chinese Fishery Science Association; Member of aquaculture committee in Chinese academy of fishery sciences; Deputy secretary general of China coral conservation alliance; Chief editor of Insights in Aquaculture and Biotechnology, editorial board member of the Journal of Fisheries and Fisheries Development. By 2020, Prof. Zhenhua Ma has published 5 academicmonographs, participated in the compilation of 2 English academic monographs, and published 118 academic papers, with a total of more than 300 citations.

Prof. Gang Yu graduated from Ocean University of China with PhD in Food Science. He has a solid theoretical foundation of aquaculture and aquatic product processing, familiar with the interdisciplinary knowledge related to fishery, familiar with the domestic and foreign scientific and technological development trends of fishery, grasp the latest theories and methods of modern scientific and technological management, and grasp the development trends of domestic and foreign fishery industry. Up to present, he has published 43 papers, and obtained 3 authorized patents.Prof. Jianguang Qin obtained a Bachelor at Dalian Fisheries College, China in 1982, Masters at the University of Oklahoma, USA in 1988, and PhD at Ohio State University, USA in 1994. After a 3-year postdoc at the University of Hawaii, he joined Flinders University, Australia in 1997. He currently is a professor and aquaculture coordinator. He is the pioneer of the aquaculture program at Flinders and has led the aquaculture research at Flinders to the world class in the discipline of Fishery Science. He has published 2 books, 13 book chapters, 350+ SCI journal papers. Papers have been cited over 9500 times with h-index of 49. Research disciplines include ecology, nutrition, physiology, behavior, biotechnology, and toxicology. Research organisms include bacteria, algae, zooplankton, fish, molluscs and crustaceans. As a major research member, he received the recognition of Best Research and Project Award 1992 (American Fisheries Society), the 50 Best Inventions of 2009 in the World for The Tank-Bred Tuna (Time Magazine), CRC Associations Award for Excellence in Innovation 2010, and South Australian Excellence Research Awards 2010. He is an Editor-in-Chief ofAquaculture, Academic Editor ofAquaculture Nutrition, Associate Editor ofAquaculture and Fisheries, and Editorial Board Member ofAquaculture Research.

1 Ontogenetic development of the digestive system in golden pompanoTrachinotus ovatus.-2Food consumption, ingestion and selectivity of golden pompanoTrachinotus ovatus larvae, under various rotifer densities.- 3 Weaning regimes for golden pompanoTrachinotus ovatus larvae.- 4 Skeleton development and malformation of hatchery-reared golden pompanoTrachinotus ovatus.-5Nutrition and temperature regulate rearing performance of golden pompanoTrachinotus ovatus larvae.- 6 Physical responses of golden pompanoTrachinotus ovatus to rearing salinity.- 7 Physiological responses of golden pompanoTrachinotus ovatus larvae fingerlings in transportation.- 8 Transcriptional response of golden pompanoTrachinotus ovatus larvae to temperature.- 9 IGF genes in golden pompanoTrachinotus ovatus larvae.- 10 High water temperature induces jaw deformity and bone morphogenetic proteins (BMPs) gene expressionin golden pompanoTrachinotus ovatus larvae.- 11 Twist gene in golden pompanoTrachinotus ovatus larvae.- 12 Intestinal fatty acid binding protein gene (I-FABP) in golden pompanoTrachinotus ovatus larvae.- 13 Effects of water temperature and nutritional manipulation on the expression of liver-type fatty acid-binding protein (L-FABP) gene in golden pompanoTrachinotus ovatus larvae.- 14 Follistatin-related protein gene in golden pompanoTrachinotus ovatus larvae.- 15 Functional feed additives to the diet of golden pompanoTrachinotus ovatus juveniles.- 16 The intestine microbiota community and enzyme activity inTrachinotus ovatusafter short-time antibiotic bath administration.