Aspectos da alimentação e nutrição de três espécies de interesse para a piscicultura marinha : beijupirá (Rachycentron canadum), robalo-flecha (Centropomus undecimalis) e carapeba listrada (Eugerres brasilianus)

Abstract

The present study evaluated the gastrointestinal transit time, the anatomical characterization of the digestive tract of the cobia (Rachycentron canadum), Brazilian mojarraa (Eugerres brasilianus) and Common snook (Centropomus undecimalis) and the apparent digestibility of different ingredients by Brazilian mojarra. Eight juveniles of each species were sacrificed for anatomical characterization. Gastrointestinal transit time was evaluated in ten individuals of each species that were kept in cylindrical tanks of 300 L. The fish were fed to apparent satiety once daily with an experimental feed containing 10 g.kg -1 of oxide Of titanium. After 3 days, a second diet was offered with a similar composition but containing 10 g.kg -1 of chromium oxide. Every two hours, the feces were collected by sedimentation. The stomagomatic index was higher in the cobia (1.96 ± 0.53). On the other hand, the intestinal coefficient was higher in the Brazilian mojarra (0.57 ± 0.06). The digestive traits of the different species analyzed presented distinct anatomical and histological characteristics, probably due to their different eating habits. However, these anatomical differences had no effect on gastrointestinal transit time, which did not differ between species and was estimated at 18 h. In the digestibility experiment, six rations were prepared. The fish with 43.27g (± 12.90) and 15.40 cm (± 1.33) of weight and total length were distributed in six cylindrical-fiberglass tanks (300L; 12 fish per tank) in a system Recirculation. The dry matter (DM), crude protein (CP), ethereal extract (EE), mineral matter (MM), crude energy (CE) and amino acids (AA) coefficients were estimated. The CDA of the different nutrients of the evaluated ingredients presented values above 62.08%. The CD of the AA reflected the high digestibility of PB. The results show the capacity of the Brazilian mojarra to take advantage of both the animal and vegetable ingredients.