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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
, adult sheepshead minnows or adult inland silversides) may not always be available from commercial suppliers and may have to be collected in the field and brought back to the laboratory for spawning to obtain eggs and larvae.
The organisms used in the short-term tests described in this manual are the sheepshead minnow, Cyprinodon variegatus; the inland silverside, Menidia beryllina; the mysid, Mysidopsis bahia; the sea urchin, Arbacia punctulata; and the red macroalga, Champia parvula.
The USEPA Region 6 Houston Laboratory has successfully used HW MARINEMIX® sea salts to maintain and spawn sheepshead minnows, and perform the larval survival and growth test and the embryo-larval survival and teratogenicity test.
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.