Effects of the number of subjects on the dark/light preference of Zebrafish (Danio rerio)

• Published in: Zebrafish Vol. 11; no. 6; p. 560
• Main Authors: Mansur, Bruno de Matos, Dos Santos, Bruno Rodrigues, Dias, Cláudio Alberto Gellis de Mattos, Pinheiro, Marcelo de Sena, Gouveia, Jr, Amauri
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.12.2014
• Subjects: Animals; Choice Behavior - physiology; Darkness; Exploratory Behavior - physiology; Male; Sample Size; Social Behavior; Statistics, Nonparametric; Zebrafish - physiology
• ISSN: 1557-8542
• DOI: 10.1089/zeb.2014.0977

This research aims to describe the effects of a variable number of Danio rerio fish subjects, ranging from one to eight, in the light/dark box preference test. Four hundred eighty adult male short-finned phenotype zebrafish were tested in the light/dark box. There were four groups in this experiment...