著者

Khora Samanta S. 伊佐 次郎 安元 健

出版者

日本水産學會

雑誌

日本水産学会誌 (ISSN:00215392)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.57, no.1, pp.163-167, 1991

被引用文献数

20

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A total of 65 specimens of puffers comprising nine species of the suborder Tetraodontoidei were collected from Okinawa and tested for toxicity levels of the flesh, skin, liver, gonad, and intestine. <i>Chelonodon patoca, Arothron manillensis, A. nigropunctatus</i>, and <i>A. hispidus</i> showed high toxin levels in the flesh and thus should be banned from being eaten. Toxicities of the flesh of <i>A. mappa</i>, <i>A. stellatus, Pleuranacanthus sceleratus</i>, and <i>Fugu niphobles</i> were within an acceptable level. <i>Diodon hystrix</i>, which is widely consumed locally, showed no significant level of the toxin in all tissues tested. Extremely high toxicities of the flesh of <i>C. patoca</i> (520 MU/g) and<i> A. nigropunctatus</i> (184 MU/g) are worthy of special mention.