Poisonous Fishes in Samoa

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A report on poisonous fishes in Samoa made to the U. S. Naval Station is here published. Poisoning of humans may be caused by eating (1) ordinary decayed fish; (2) fish poisoned by toxic marine growths, [long dash]such are reported as occasionally being cast up from the deep sea after storms; (3) fish containing an alkaloid resembling strychnine, causing a violent nervous attack, called "ciguatera," which is often fatal. A list of 10 poisonous and suspected species is given, also a list of species always edible.

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