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. 2021 May 3;11(6):e02062. doi: 10.1002/brb3.2062

TABLE 1.

Summary of phenotypes detected in zebrafish embryos exposed to 0.25%, 0.5%, and 1% ethanol at 24 hpf, observations were made every 8 hr until the larval stage

Time (hpf) Phenotype Control (0%) Eth 0.25% Eth 0.5% Eth 1%
8

Bud stage

Visible somites

N

Beginning

16

Spine shape

Tail separating

N

N

24

Eye formation

Head separating

Visible notochord

Body movement

Tail free

Hatching

N

N

Low

N

N

N

Low

N

N

N

N

N

N

N

N

N

Y

Premature

32

Heartbeats

Body movement

Pigmentation

Body reflexes

Hatching

Y

N

N

N

Y

N

N

N

Y

Y

Low

N

Low

Y

Y

Low

N

Low

Y

40

Body mobility

Abnormality

Low

Low

Low

Yolk sac anomaly

Low

Curved posture/pericardial edema

48 Heart shape N N Pericardial edema Heart edema
56

Tail shape

Abnormality

N

N

Bent

Bent

64

Pectoral fin

Abnormality

N

N

N

N

Delayed pigmentation

72

Swimming bladder

Mandible

Abnormality

N

N

N

N

N

N

Head in the eggshell

Minor enlargement

N

Head in the eggshell

80

Eye movement

Startle response

N

N

N

N

N

N

N

N

88

Hatching

Abnormality

Total

Total

Minor delayed/pericardial edema

Minor delayed

96

Balanced posture

Thigmotaxis

Mostly

Mostly

Mostly

Minor delayed

Mostly

Minor delayed

Mostly

Minor delayed

104 Body shape N N N Bent
112

Yolk sac

Abnormality

Mostly absorbed

Mostly absorbed

Minor delayed

Minor delayed

Tail edema/heart edema

120

Body shape

Swimming

N

Y

N

Y

N

Y

Bent

Y

N: normal, Y: yes, (–) any register.