This experiment was conducted to study the effects of corn gluten meal on body color of Pelteobagrus fulvidraco. Five experimental diets were formulated using practical feeds as ingredients: control diet without corn gluten meal, lutein diet with 4% lutein, and experimental diets with 6%, 10% and 14% corn gluten meal, respectively. And in those diets, the total carotenoids content was 15.74, 25.37, 17.72, 20.67 and 22.36 g/kg and the lutein content was 6.42, 29.63, 9.97, 15.12 and 20.46 mg/kg, respectively. The levels of protein, fat, energy and phosphorus in the 5 diets maintained the same. A total of 1 500 Pelteobagrus fulvidraco with an initial average body weight of (13.82±1.06) g were randomly allotted to 5 groups with 3 replicates in each group, and each replicate contained 100 fish. The experiment lasted for 58 days. The results showed that corn gluten meal supplementation could deepen the yellow color of Pelteobagrus fulvidraco body, and the body color of fish in 14% corn gluten meal group was basically in accordance with the lutein group. Corn gluten meal supplementation could increase the tyrosinase activity and the contents of total carotenoids and lutein in serum and skin of Pelteobagrus fulvidraco. There were positive correlation relationships between the tyrosinase activity in serum and skin (Y₁ and Y₂) and the used amount of corn gluten meal (X₁), and their regression equations were Y₁=68.750X₁²-6.75X₁+1.107 5(R²=1.000 0) and Y₂=-40.625X₁²+10.00X₁+0.216 2(R²=1.000 0), respectively. There were positive correlation relationships between the total carotenoids content in serum, back skin and abdominal skin (Y₃, Y₄ and Y₅) and the dietary total carotenoids content (X₂), and their regression equations were Y₃=7E-09X₂³-0.000 4X₂²+6.827 5X₂-37 902(R²=0.992 9), Y₄=-8E-09X₂³+0.000 5X₂²-8.513 7X₂+54 716(R²=0.982 8) and Y₅=-5E-10X₂³+9E-06X₂²+1.004 9X₂-8 431.2(R²=0.997 9), respectively. There were positive correlation relationships between the lutein content in serum, back skin and abdominal skin (Y₆, Y₇ and Y₈) and the dietary lutein content (X₃), and their regression equations were Y₆=0.002 2X₃³-0.112 8X₃²+1.891 7X₃-5.697 9(R²=0.996 6), Y₇=0.003 6X₃³-0.217 6X₃²+5.331 9X₃-20.687(R²=0.996 9) and Y₈=0.007 8X₃³-0.484 5X₃²+9.935 5X₃-37.857(R²=0.998 4), respectively. In conclusion, Pelteobagrus fulvidraco can effectively use the pigment in corn gluten meal to deepen the body color of Pelteobagrus fulvidraco, and the deposition amounts of carotenoids and lutein in skin of Pelteobagrus fulvidraco are gradually increased.