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Alterations in the blood parameters of the freshwater fish Catla catla are studied in the laboratory after exposing the fish to both technical grade and 10% WP of Cyfluthrin, a synthetic pyrethroid for four days and 10 days in 1 /10th of LC50 values of 96 hours respectively in lethal and sublethal concentration. The parameters studied are Erythrocytes (RBC), White Blood Cells (WBC), Haemoglobin (Hg), Haematocrit (HCT), Mean Corpuscular Volume (MCV), Mean Corpuscular Haemoglobin (MCH) and also Mean Corpuscular Haemoglobin Concentrations (MCHC). Except White Blood Cells (WBC) all other parameters resulted or decrement for both technical grade and 10% WP of Cyfluthrin exposure in lethal and sub-lethal concentrations of the toxicants in the fish. The WP of commercial formulation had a significant impact on the blood parameters which will have impact on the physiology of the fish particularly of the metabolism and if it impaired render the fish not to have a proper growth which is important for the cultivable species like the one studied in the present experimentation.