Table Of ContentBIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY
OF TOXIC PUFFERFISH
Biology and Ecology of Marine Life
BIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY
OF TOXIC PUFFERFISH
Ramasamy Santhanam, PhD
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BIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY OF
MARINE LIFE BOOK SERIES
Series Author:
Ramasamy Santhanam, PhD
Former Dean, Fisheries College and Research Institute,
Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University,
Thoothukkudi-628 008, India
Email: [email protected]
Books in the Series:
• Biology and Ecology of Toxic Pufferfish
• Biology and Ecology of Venomous Marine Snails
• Biology and Ecology of Venomous Stingrays
• Biology and Culture of Portunid Crabs of the World Seas
• Biology and Ecology of Edible Marine Gastropod Molluscs
• Biology and Ecology of Edible Marine Bivalve Molluscs
CONTENTS
List of Abbreviations ...................................................................................ix
About the Author .........................................................................................xi
Preface ......................................................................................................xiii
1. Introduction ................................................................................................1
2. Toxic Pufferfish: Biology and Ecology .....................................................9
3. Profile of Toxic Pufferfish ........................................................................17
4. Pufferfish Toxins .....................................................................................275
5. Pufferfish Poisoning ...............................................................................285
6. Pufferfish Aquariums .............................................................................301
7. Diseases and Parasites of Pufferfish and Their Management ............319
8. Nutritional Values of Pufferfish ............................................................359
9. Pharmaceutical Values of Pufferfish Toxins ........................................375
References ................................................................................................383
Index .........................................................................................................403
LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS
ABC airway breathing, and circulation
DHA docosahexaenoic acid
EAC ehrlich ascites carcinoma
ELISA enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay
EPA eicosapentaenoic acid
FDA Food and Drug Administration
FEHD Food and Environmental Hygiene Department
GH general hardness
GI gastrointestinal
IRL Indian River Lagoon
IUCN International Union for Conservation of Nature
IWT International Wex Technology
LC least concern
MST mean survival time
MTV male-territory-visiting
MU mouse units
ORAC oxygen radical absorbance capacity
PFP puffer fish poisoning
PSP paralytic shellfish poisoning
PST paralytic shellfish toxins
PUFA polyunsaturated fatty acids
SG specific gravity
SL standard length
SPFP saxitoxin pufferfish poisoning
STX saxitoxin
TAA total amino acid
TPFP tetodotoxin pufferfish poisoning
TPNNV tiger puffer nervous necrosis virus
TTX tetrrodotoxin
UV ultraviolet
