Abstract
PROPYLENE phenoxetol has been found to be a suitable anaesthetic for fish at this laboratory. This substance has been used as a preserving agent by Owen and Steedman1,2 and as a narcotic for relaxing animals prior to fixing for histological examination3. As an anaesthetic it has, like M.S.222, the advantage over urethane of not being a known carcinogenic substance. I have used it to quieten live fish when they are being weighed, and also as a narcotic to relax fish so that they may be fixed with the fin rays extended.
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