“…Due to their fully characterized genome, robust behavioral responses and high-throughput nature, zebrafish (Danio rerio) have emerged as a complementary model in biomedical research Kyzar et al, 2012;Stewart et al, 2011). While primates and rodents have traditionally been utilized to study the genetic and neural underpinning of social interactions (Fano et al, 2001;Ribeiro Do Couto et al, 2009;Sassenrath and Chapman, 1976), zebrafish can also be used for examining both normal and aberrant social behavior (Miller and Gerlai, 2007). Shoaling, an important evolutionarily conserved behavior, has long been identified in zebrafish (Mc and Bradner, 1998;Reyhanian et al, 2011;Ward et al, 2008), representing the interaction of a number of animals moving together in coordinated movements (Buske and Gerlai, 2011b;Krause et al, 2000).…”