Trichogaster trichopterus

Low, K.W. and Y.M. Sin. In vivo and in vitro effects of mercuric chloride and sodium selenite on some nonspecific immune responses of blue gourami, Trichogaster trichopterus (Pallus). Fish Shellfish Immunol. 6 351-362, 1996. 

Trematomus bemacchii 382 Tribolodon hakonensis 178 Trichogaster trichopterus 237... 

Interactions of merciuy with other toxic substances have not been studied extensively, but some information does exist with respect to copper. In studies of the antifouling properties of these two metals, Barnes and Stanbury (1948) using the copepod Nitrocra spinepes noted that copper and mercury acted synergistically. They reported that the exposure of animals to 0.4 mg/L of merciuy resulted in a 17% mortality after 24 hrs, whilst 2.6 mg/L of copper gave a mortality of 20%. However, a mixture of the two materials at these concentrations produced a mortality of 98%, i.e., a 3x increase above the expected additive value. Similar results have been reported by Corner and Sparrow (1956) and by Hunter (1949). However, Roales and Perlmutter (1974) reported that copper apparently inhibits the toxicity of methyl mercury chloride to an American freshwater fish, Trichogaster trichopterus. 

Roales, R. R., and A. PERLMunrER Toxicity of methyl mercury and copper applied singly and jointly to the Blue Gourami, Trichogaster trichopterus. Bull. Env. Contam. Toxicol. 12, 633 (1974). 

FANG, H.M., LING, K.C., GE, R. and SIN, Y.M. (2000) Enhancement of protective immunity in blue gourami, Trichogaster trichopterus (Pallas), against Aeromonas hydrophila and Vibrio anguillarum by A. hydrophila major adhesin. Journal of Fish Diseases 23,137-145. 

SAMUEL M, LAM TJ, SIN YM. Effect of laminatan [P(l,3)-D-glucan] on the protective immunity of blue gourami, Trichogaster trichopterus against Aeromonas hydroph-... 

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