Abstract
To clarify whether Oryzias congeners, including freshwater, brackish water, and marine medaka, would be useful models for evaluating environmental chemical effects in various aquatic ecosystems, we examined the influence of salinity on their embryo development. We also compared the toxicity values of the organotin compounds triphenyltin and tributyltin, which remain pollutants of marine and freshwater ecosystems, between Oryzias latipes (freshwater), Oryzias melastigma (brackish water), and Oryzias javanicus (saltwater). Hatching and survival rates of O. latipes were significantly decreased at a salinity of 34, whereas O. melastigma and O. javanicus were adaptable to various salinities from freshwater to seawater. The lowest observed effect concentrations of organotin compounds for survival and embryo development were the similar in the three species. The similarity of the species’ responses to organotin compounds indicated that Oryzias congeners are useful for ecological risk assessment of chemicals in a range of aquatic ecosystems, from freshwater to marine.
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This study was supported partly by the Chemicals Evaluation Research Institute, Japan, and the Kurita Water and Environment Foundation, Japan (Grant No. 17B008).
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Horie, Y., Kanazawa, N., Suzuki, A. et al. Influences of Salinity and Organic Compounds on Embryo Development in Three Medaka Oryzias Congeners with Habitats Ranging from Freshwater to Marine. Bull Environ Contam Toxicol 103, 411–415 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00128-019-02649-3
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