The objective of the study was to verify the combination of live and frozen Artemia nauplii, in different salinized water, and its influence in growth and survival of the catfish Lophiosilurus alexandri (Steindachner, 1876) larvae. Larvae were exposed to a combination of two feeds and two different salinities: live Artemia nauplii + 0‰ salinity in the water; live Artemia nauplii + 2‰ salinity in the water; frozen Artemia nauplii + 0‰ salinity in the water; and frozen Artemia nauplii + 2‰ salinity in the water. The experiment was conducted in a randomized design, in a 2 × 2 factorial scheme, 5 replicates, during 15 days. The larvae final weight, weight gain, food conversion, standard and total length, biomass, survival, body width, intestinal quotient, Fulton's condition factor, and water quality were evaluated. The use of Artemia nauplii and 2 ppm salinized water for L. alexandri larviculture proved to be adequate providing greater growth. This was due to Artemia nauplii being kept alive and attractive for the cultivation of larvae in salinized water, even though salt was a stress factor. Already, the frozen Artemia nauplii was a viable food but should be used preferably in times of lack of live nauplii and without salinization of the water.

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