RESEARCH ARTICLES

Volume 8 |Issue 2| March-April 2020                                 First published: 28 April 2020

Behavioural study of freshwater fishes Rasbora daniconius and Puntius saphore exposed to sodium fluoride

Sangve KB

Department of Zoology, Brijlal Biyani Science College, Amravati (MS) India, 444602

Email: kiran.sangve@gmail.com

Abstract

Fishes are considered as good indicators of aquatic pollution. They are highly sensitive to the alterations in the quality of water. Aquatic ecosystems are ultimate sinks for agricultural residues as well industrial pollutants and it has become a global environmental problem in recent days. Fluoride is considered to be a pollutant if it exceeds beyond the normal permissible limits. It occurs naturally in all forms of the life including the aquatic ecosystem. The Fresh water fishes, Rasbora daniconius and Puntius saphore were exposed to sub lethal dose of sodium fluoride for 30 days to study the impact on the behavioral study. The behavioral patterns including swimming and surfacing activity, opercular movements, and feeding habits were observed. Alterations in behavioral patterns were well marked during the period of the experiment. Initially fishes appeared lethargic and showed dose dependent erratic swimming movements. They developed nausea for food and accelerated opercular movements.

Keywords:Behavioral study, freshwater fishes, Sodium Fluoride

Editor: Dr.Arvind Chavhan

Cite this article as:
Sangve KB. Behavioural study of freshwater fishes Rasbora daniconius and Puntius saphore exposed to sodium fluoride, Int. Res. Journal of Science & Engineering, 2020, Volume 8 (2): 59-64.

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