The use of low fish meal and high energy diets is a current practice in the aquacultureindustry, as these diets have been considered beneficial for economic and nutritionalreasons. However, such diet with high levels of alternative plan proteins and/or nonproteinenergy supply (particularly through fats) is generally associated with an increasein whole-body lipids. Increasing awareness exists of the effects of such high caloric intakeon the quality of fish products as human food, because the localization, quantitativeimportance and composition of body fat deposits may affect their dietetic value,organoleptic properties, transformation yield and storage stability. The ami of this studyis conducted to elucidate the effect of dietary carnitine on the growth performance andbody lipid distribution of silver perch.