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The Effect of Cyanides on the Gill Colour of Fish

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2009

R. Bassindale ,
B. A. Southgate  and
F. T. K. Pentelow
R. Bassindale
Affiliation:
Tees Survey, Middlesbrough
B. A. Southgate
Affiliation:
Tees Survey, Middlesbrough
F. T. K. Pentelow
Affiliation:
Tees Survey, Middlesbrough
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Extract

1. The changes brought about in the colour of the gills of rainbow trout and sea trout smolts by various poisons are described.

2. Cyanide causes a marked brightening, whilst phenolic substances, dissolved oxygen deficiency and naphthalene bring about a darkening of the gill colour. Fresh, untreated sewage has no effect.

3. The gill colour of smolts dying in the Tees Estuary was brighter than normal, indicating cyanide poisoning. This conclusion was confirmed by chemical methods.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 18 , Issue 2 , January 1933 , pp. 671 - 676
Copyright
Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 1933

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References

page 671 note * Southgate, B. A., Pentelow, F. T. K., and Bassindale, R.Biochem. J., XXVI, No. 2, pp. 273–284, 1932.CrossRefGoogle Scholar