Effects of music on ornamental fish

In recent years, the global trade of ornamental fish has been a significant growth, so that Asia and other countries such as Sri Lanka and South-east Asian countries could use this potential to export this type of fish to other countries. Considering the importance of ornamental fish, the efforts to reduce stress is one aim of the ornamental fish farmer to reach more growth and production. Besides using the other new technology for alleviating the effects of stress through changes in physiological parameters related to blood and body tissues of fishes, music as stress reducer factors is more considered, recently. Music as a controllable factor in cultivating is reported by many researchers, to achieve more benefits by lower cost. This article reviews the effects of music on some ornamental fish species.