Efficacy of clove extract was ensuing low-cost sedative agent in shipping of clown fish.
Complete anesthetic induction and recovery times were 1245 ± 6 s and 119 ± 4 s; clove oil, 4200 ± 10 s and 480 ± 5 s at 100 mg l− 1, respectively.
LC50 value of the extract was 50 mg l− 1 and 17.5 mg l− 1 as the optimum dosage with no mortality.
Histopathology observation of gills revealed that the extracts prevent the damages in gill tissues compared to controls.