Catfish Indian

Singh, H.S. and T.V. Reddy. 1990. Effect of copper sulfate on hematology, blood chemistry, and hepato-somatic index of an Indian catfish, Heteropneustes fossilis (Bloch), and its recovery. Ecotoxicol. Environ. Safety 20 30-35. 

Rai, U.P. and P.K. Mandal. 1993. Effects of seasonal ambient temperature variations on acute toxicity of chlordane to air-breathing Indian catfish, Heteropneustes fossilis (Bloch.). Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 51 453.-459. 

LC50 (96-h semi-static bioassay) for Tigriopus brevicornis females 24.3 pg/L (Forget et al., 1998), Indian catfish Heteropneustes fossilis) 11.676 mg/L (Munshi et al, 1999). 

Sukumaran, N. and Kutty, M.N. (1977). Oxygen consumption and ammonia excretion in the catfish with special reference to swimming speed and ambient oxygen. Proceedings of the Indian Academy of Science 86B, 195-206. 

The study of the Indian catfish, Singhi, dearly indicated the impact of carbofuran in fish and evolutionary conservation of the detoxification system involving cytochrome P450. Further studies using OPs should be performed, which may show the major and minor differences in the... 

Plotosus Canius is one of the most deadly venomous Indian Catfish. Its sting produced several pathophysiological alteration and there is no specific treatment due to inadequate information on the venom toxic component. The present investigation isolated a lethal toxic principle and try to explore the underlying mechanism of lethality. 

Auddy B, Alam M I, Gomes A (1993) Pharmacological actions of the venom of the Indian Catfish (Plotosus canius, Hamilton). Ind. J Med Res 99 47-51. ... 

The lethal dose (LDjoo), the median lethal dose (LD50) and the sublethal doses (LD,o) 0.1 LDjo) of the crude mixed venom of the oriental catfish P. lineatus are 5.47, 3.01, 0.6 and 0.06 mg/100 g rat, respectively (Table 1). Shiomi et al. (1986) recorded a LD50 of 2.90 mg/100 g mouse of the crude venom of the same fish. However our results differ from those recorded by Datta et al. (1982) who reported that the LD50 of the Indian catfish, Heterop-neustes fossilis, is 0.501 mg/100 g mouse, which may be due to difference in the species of the catfish, route of administration, extraction procedure or animal species. 

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