“…Generally, the desired goal is to obtain offspring that perform better than both parental species in terms of the survival rates, growth rates, flesh quality, fertilityand stress resistance. Previous reports found that better growth rates were acquired in many fish species, such as tilapia, salmonid, carp, oyster, catfish and abalone by interspecific hybridization (Al‐Harbi, ; Botwright, ; Hulata, ; Lafarga‐De, Nunez‐Acuna, & Gallardo‐Escarate, ; Refstie, ; You, Ke, Luo, & Wang, ). Crosses between different species also resulted in improved environmental and disease tolerances (Dorson, Chevassus, & Torhy, ; Lim, Leamaster, & Brock, ).…”