An Assessment of Zebrafish Natural Color Preference and its Modification by Stimuli

Zebrafish have been known to show color preference. Conditions that enhance or diminish color preferences are largely inconclusive. In this study, we used the T-Maze with red and green arms to test the Zebrafish color preference. Our results indicated that the initial exposure of individually housed starved fish to the T-maze produced four types of swimming patterns with no indication of a clear preference for a particular colored arm. However, this situation changes with subsequent exposure to the T-maze, as the fish started to develop a clear color preference for green than red.

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