“…Animals including fish could not synthesize vitamin C by themselves, and thus, an exogenous source of vitamin C is necessary. Dietary inclusion of suitable vitamin C for increasing growth and development has been determined in several cultured fish species including parrot fish Oplegnathus fasciatus (Wang, Kim, Bai, Huh, & Cho, ), Indian major carp Labeo rohita (Misra, Das, Mukherjee, & Pradhan, ), tilapia Oreochromis karongae (Nsonga, Kang'Ombe, Mfitilodze, Soko, & Mtethiwa, ), Jian carp Cyprinus carpio (Liu et al., ), cobia Rachycentron canadum (Zhou, Wang, Wang, Xie, & Wang, ) and genetically improved farmed tilapia (GIFT) O. niloticus (Huang et al., ).…”