Open AccessResponses of the Large-mouth Black Bass to Colors
Author(s) -
Frank A. Brown
Publication year - 1937
Publication title -
illinois natural history survey bulletin/bulletin - illinois natural history survey
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2644-0687
pISSN - 0073-4918
DOI - 10.21900/j.inhs.v21.259
Subject(s) - bass (fish) , pipette , biology , anatomy , art , fishery , chemistry
Thirty-one specimens of the largemouth black bass, Aplites salmoides(Laceepde), have been trained to respond positively to pipettes of one color and to give negative responses to pipettes of other colors. The results of this experiment indicate that the fish are able to distinguish among colors in about the same manner as would a human being with perfectly normal color vision looking through a yellowish filter.