| M. salmoides | Micropterus salmoides |
| FW | Final body weight |
| SGR | Specific growth rate |
| CF | Condition factor |
| TAA | Total amino acids |
| EAA | Essential amino acids |
| NEAA | Non-essential amino acids |
| FA | Fatty acid |
| SFA | Saturated fatty acids |
| MUFA | Monounsaturated fatty acids |
| PUFA | Polyunsaturated fatty acids |
| n-3 PUFA | n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids |
| n-6 PUFA | n-6 polyunsaturated fatty acids |
| EPA | Eicosapentaenoic acid |
| DHA | Docosahexaenoic acid |
| PLS-DA | Partial least-squares discriminant analysis |
| OPLS-DA | Orthogonal partial least-squares discriminant analysis |
| VIP | Variable importance in projection |
| KEGG | Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes |
| HMDB | Human Metabolome Database |
| LIPID MAPS | Lipid Metabolites and Pathways Strategy |
| OTU | Operational taxonomic unit |
| UPARS | USEARCH-based sequence analysis pipeline |
| LEfSe | Linear discriminant analysis effect size |
| LDA | Linear discriminant analysis |
| PCoA | Principal coordinate analysis |
| ANOSIM | Analysis of similarities |
| MS-222 | Tricaine methanesulfonate |
| RAS | Recirculating aquaculture system |