Table 2 Means of outcome variables for all tests.

From: Oxytocin Receptors Regulate Social Preference in Zebrafish

Test

Behaviour

Measure

Vehicle

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Adult social preference

Locomotion

Distance (cm/min)

528 ± 19

496 ± 20

Velocity (cm/s)

9.1 ± 0.3

5.6 ± 0.3

Social behaviour

Social zone duration (s/min)

45.9 ± 2.3

34.5 ± 2.4

Distance to shoal (cm)

11.0 ± 1.8

19.7 ± 1.9

Adult shoaling

Locomotion

Distance (cm/min)

207 ± 15

186 ± 17

Velocity (cm/s)

3.6 ± 0.2

3.2 ± 0.3

Social behaviour

Interfish distance (cm)

5.9 ± 0.3

6.7 ± 0.2

Nearest neighbour distance (cm)

3.3 ± 0.2

3.7 ± 0.1

Furthest neighbour distance (cm)

8.7 ± 0.5

9.8 ± 0.2

Adult novel tank diving

Locomotion

Distance (cm/min)

186 ± 11

174 ± 14

Velocity (cm/s)

3.1 ± 0.2

2.9 ± 0.2

Anxiety behaviour

Distance to bottom (cm)

2.7 ± 0.4

3.1 ± 0.4

Latency to top zone (s)

327 ± 58

387 ± 81

Duration in top zone (s/min)

7.0 ± 2.4

8.8 ± 2.4

Larvae social preference

Locomotion (AC)

Distance (cm/min)

249 ± 12

265 ± 14

Velocity (cm/s)

0.28 ± 0.01

0.30 ± 0.02

Social behaviour

Social Preference Index (AC)

0.06 ± 0.04

0.00 ± 0.05

Social Preference Index (SC)

0.18 ± 0.05

0.01 ± 0.06

  1. All values are means ± standard error of the mean. AC: acclimation phase. SC: social cue phase.