caspian whitefish, rutilus frisii kutum kamensky, 1901 a potential aquaculture candidate: study on the cumulative effects of salinity and temperature on culture performance

in this study, growth and survival of the caspian whitefish, rutilus frisii kutum, (mean weight 0.59±0.06g) have been estimated at different rearing salinities (0, 5 and 10‰) and temperatures (24 and 28˚c). maximum fish weight gain (493.65±14.07%) and specific growth rate (sgr) (2.74±0.15%), and minimum feed conversion ratio (fcr) (1.66±0.06) were obtained at salinity of 5‰ and temperature of 24˚c. there were significant differences in fish weight and length gain between the two rearing temperatures at salinity of 10‰ and between salinities of 0 and 5‰ at 24˚c (p