“…The digestible polysaccharides commonly used in feedstuff include starch and its products, such as dextrin, which is an intermediate complex of glucose and starch. Different types of carbohydrates have been shown to impact growth performance, immune responses, antioxidant capacities and glucose metabolism in fish differently (Kong et al., 2019; Song et al., 2018), but with conflicting conclusions. For instance, concerning to growth performance, at least four kinds of conflicting findings have been reported: 1. polysaccharides (such as starch) are the most effective carbohydrate sources (cobia, Rachycentron canadum Linnaeus , Cui, Zhou, Liang, Yang, & Zhao, 2010; gilthead seabream, Sparus aurata , Enes, Peres, Couto, & Oliva‐Teles, 2010; starry flounder, Platichthys stellatus , Lee & Lee, 2004; grouper, Epinephelus lanceolatus , Lu et al., 2018; gibel carp, Carassius auratus gibelio , Tan, Xie, Zhu, Lei, & Yang, 2006); 2. monosaccharides (like glucose) are the most effective carbohydrate sources (gilthead seabream, Enes, Panserat, Kaushik, & Oliva‐Teles, 2008; rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss , Hung & Storebakken, 1994; grass carp, Ctenopharyngodon Idella , Tian, Liu, & Hung, 2004); 3. starch products (like dextrin) are more effective carbohydrate energy sources than both starch and glucose (amur sturgeon, Acipenser schrenckii , Jiang et al., 2014; blunt snout bream, Megalobrama amblycephala , Ren et al., 2015); and 4. there are no significant differences between different types of carbohydrates (common dentex, Dentex dentex , Pérez‐Jiménez et al., 2015; grouper, Epinephelus malabaricus , Shiau & Lin, 2001).…”