TABLE 1.
Types of behavioral lateralization investigated and species in which lateralization has been observed or not.
| Types of behavioral lateralization | Species | Occurrence of behavioral lateralization | References |
| Motor asymmetry | |||
| Fast escape response | Goldfish (Carassius auratus) | Yes | Moulton and Barron, 1967; Mikhailova et al., 2005 |
| Shiner perch (Cymatogaster aggregata) | Yes | Dadda et al., 2010b | |
| Zebrafish (Danio rerio) | Yes | Heuts, 1999 | |
| Australian lungfish (Neoceratodus forsteri) | Yes | Lippolis et al., 2009 | |
| Killifish (Jenynsia multidentata) | Yes | Bisazza et al., 1997a | |
| Roach (Rutilus rutilus) | Yes | Izvekov and Nepomnyashchikh, 2010 | |
| Goldbelly topminnows (Girardinus falcatus) | Yes | Cantalupo et al., 1995 | |
| Giant danio (Devario aequipinnatus) | Yes | Stennett and Strauss, 2010 | |
| Scissortail rasbora (Rasbora trilineata) | No | Stennett and Strauss, 2010 | |
| Zebrafish (Danio rerio) | Yes | Stennett and Strauss, 2010 | |
| White Cloud Mountain minnow (Tanichthys albonubes) | Yes | Stennett and Strauss, 2010 | |
| Fathead minnow (Pimephales promelas) | Yes | Stennett and Strauss, 2010 | |
| Rotational swimming | Roach (Rutilus rutilus) | Yes | Izvekov and Nepomnyashchikh, 2010 |
| Mosquitofish (Gambusia hoolbrooki) | Yes | Bisazza and Vallortigara, 1996 | |
| Sterlet sturgeon (Acipenser ruthenus) | Yes | Izvekov et al., 2014 | |
| Roach (Rutilus rutilus) | Yes | Izvekov et al., 2012 | |
| Coiled posture | North eastern Pacific hagfish (Eptatretus stoutii) | Yes | Miyashita and Palmer, 2014 |
| Perceptual asymmetry | |||
| Foraging behavior | Zebrafish (Danio rerio) | Yes | Miklosi and Andrew, 1999; Hata and Hori, 2011 |
| Australian lungfish (Neoceratodus forsteri) | Yes | Lippolis et al., 2009 | |
| Scale-eating cichlids (Perissodus microlepis) | Yes | Hori, 1993; Hori et al., 2007; Stewart and Albertson, 2010; Van Dooren et al., 2010; Lee et al., 2012; Takeuchi et al., 2012 | |
| Cichlid (Neolamprologus moori) | Yes | Hori et al., 2007 | |
| Freshwater goby (Rhinogobius flumineus) | Yes | Seki et al., 2000 | |
| Japanese medaka (Oryzias latipes) | Yes | Hata et al., 2012 | |
| Tanganyikan cichlid (Julidochromis ornatus) | Yes | Hata et al., 2012 | |
| Scale-eating characiform (Exodon paradoxus) | Yes | Hata et al., 2011 | |
| Social behavior | Mosquitofish (Gambusia hoolbrooki) | ||
| Females | Yes | Bisazza et al., 1998, 1999; Sovrano et al., 1999, 2001; De Santi et al., 2001 | |
| Males | No | Bisazza et al., 1998; Sovrano et al., 1999 | |
| Goldbelly topminnow (Girardinus falcatus) | |||
| Females | Yes | Bisazza et al., 1998 | |
| Males | No | ||
| Convict cichlid (Amatitlania nigrofas) | |||
| Females | Yes | Moscicki et al., 2011 | |
| Males | No | ||
| Breeding cichlid (Neolamprologus pulcher) | Yes | Reddon and Balshine, 2010 | |
| Zebrafish (Danio rerio) | Yes | Sovrano et al., 2001; Sovrano and Andrew, 2006 | |
| Redtail splitfin (Xenotoca eiseni) | |||
| Females | Yes | Sovrano et al., 1999 | |
| Males | No | Sovrano et al., 1999 | |
| Angelfish (Pterophyllum scalare) | Yes | Sovrano et al., 1999 | |
| Eurasian minnow (Phoxinus phoxinus) | Yes | Sovrano et al., 1999 | |
| Blue gourami (Trichogaster trichopterus) | Yes | Sovrano et al., 1999 | |
| Sarasins minnow (Xenopoecilus sarasinorum) | Yes | Sovrano et al., 2001; Sovrano, 2004 | |
| Elephantnose fish (Gnathonemus petersii) | Yes | Sovrano et al., 2001 | |
| Soldierfish (Myripristis pralinia) | Yes | Roux et al., 2016 | |
| Mating behavior | Mosquitofish (Gambusia hoolbrooki) | Yes | Bisazza et al., 1998 |
| Goldbelly topminnow (Girardinus falcatus) | Yes | Bisazza et al., 1998 | |
| Guppy (Poecilia reticulata) | Yes | Kaarthigeyan and Dharmaretnam, 2005 | |
| Agonistic behavior | Siamese fighting fish (Betta splendens) | Yes | Cantalupo et al., 1996; Bisazza and De Santi, 2003; Clotfelter and Kuperberg, 2007; Takeuchi et al., 2010; Forsatkar et al., 2015; HedayatiRad et al., 2017 |
| Mosquitofish (Gambusia hoolbrooki) | Yes | Bisazza and De Santi, 2003 | |
| Redtail splitfin (Xenotoca eiseni) | Yes | Bisazza and De Santi, 2003 |