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material on venomous fishes that has been published during this past
decade. I have attempted to choose what I believe to be some of the
more representative and important papers within this discipline.
The selection will give the reader a general understanding of some of
the problems in the field, and will, I trust, provide him with an adequate
background for further study on this fascinating topic.
Well over 200 species of marine fishes, including the stingrays,
scorpionfishes, zebrafishes, stonefishes, weevers, toadfishes, stargazers
and certain of the sharks, ratfishes, catfishes and surgeonfishes, are
known or thought to be venomous. For the greater part, venomous
fishes are shallow-water reef or inshore fishes. They are most frequently
FIQ. 13. Some venomous fishes. Top to bottom : Synanceja horrida, stonefish ; M i n m
monodactylus, hime-okozo ; Thalassophryne reticulata, toadtish ; Uranoacopue
scaber, star-gazer. (From Halstead, 1959 ; and Smithsonian Institute.)
FINDLAY E. RUSSELL
material on venomous fishes that has been published during this past
decade. I have attempted to choose what I believe to be some of the
more representative and important papers within this discipline.
The selection will give the reader a general understanding of some of
the problems in the field, and will, I trust, provide him with an adequate
background for further study on this fascinating topic.
Well over 200 species of marine fishes, including the stingrays,
scorpionfishes, zebrafishes, stonefishes, weevers, toadfishes, stargazers
and certain of the sharks, ratfishes, catfishes and surgeonfishes, are
known or thought to be venomous. For the greater part, venomous
fishes are shallow-water reef or inshore fishes. They are most frequently
FIQ. 13. Some venomous fishes. Top to bottom : Synanceja horrida, stonefish ; M i n m
monodactylus, hime-okozo ; Thalassophryne reticulata, toadtish ; Uranoacopue
scaber, star-gazer. (From Halstead, 1959 ; and Smithsonian Institute.)