Research Article

Efficacy of 2-Phenoxyethanol as an Anaesthetic for Adult Redline Torpedo Fish, Sahyadria denisonii (Day 1865)

Table 2

Stages of induction and recovery (seconds) exposed to different concentrations of 2-phenoxyethanol (mean ± SD).

2-Phenoxyethanol (μlL-1)
200300400500600

Stages of induction
 I199 ± 11c35 ± 6b26 ± 3a25 ± 4a24 ± 4a
 II92 ± 12d59 ± 16c49 ± 13b39 ± 5a
 III168 ± 65c120 ± 51b85 ± 23a
 IV331 ± 15c173 ± 7b143 ± 24a
Stages of recovery
 I15 ± 4c26 ± 6b33 ± 7a
 II43 ± 7b62 ± 11a64 ± 10a
 III76 ± 9c89 ± 9b100 ± 8a
 IV95 ± 10b141 ± 12a145 ± 14a

Numbers in the same row with the same superscript letter are not significantly different ().