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If the sheepshead minnow, Cyprindon variegatus, larval survival and growth test is begun with less-than-24-h old larvae, the mean dry weight of the surviving larvae in the control chambers at the end of the test must equal or exceed 0.60 mg, if the weights are determined immediately, or
Ward and Parrish (1980) examined the literature on ELS tests that used embryos and juveniles of the sheepshead minnow, Cyprinodon variegatus, and found that growth was not a statistically sensitive indicator of toxicity in 16 of 18 tests.
EMSL-Cincinnati has found FORTY FATHOMS® artificial sea salts suitable for maintaining and spawning the sheepshead minnow, Cyprinodon variegatus, and for its use in the sheepshead minnow larval survival and growth test, suitable for maintaining and spawning the inland silverside, Menidia beryllina, and for its use in the inland silverside larval survival and growth test, suitable for culturing and maintaining mysid shrimp, Mysidopsis bahia, and its use in the mysid shrimp survival, growth, and fecundity test, and suitable for maintaining sea urchins, Arbacia punctulata, and for its use in the sea urchin fertilization test.
Data indicate that the inland silverside is at least equally sensitive or more sensitive to effluents and single compounds than the sheepshead minnow, and can be tested over a wider salinity range, 5-30‰ (USEPA, 1987a).
Data for, Mysidopsis bahia, and Cyprinodon variegatus (sheepshead minnow) were taken from USEPA, 1981.