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DANGEROUS MARINE ANIMALS 



Scorpionfishes, 73 

 Scorpionfish stings, 80 

 medical aspects, 80 

 prevention, 81 

 treatment, 81 

 Scorpionfish venom organs, 80 

 Scyliorhinid sharks, 9 

 Scyphozoa, 32, 36 

 Sea Anemone, 32, 34 

 Sea Anemone stings, 34, 36 

 medical aspects, 34, 36 

 prevention, 36 

 treatment, 36 

 Seabass, 28, 117 

 Sea blubber, 34 

 Sea catfish, 68 

 Sea cucumbers, 49 

 Seals, 9 



bearded, 135 

 Sea lions, 28 



Australian, 135 

 Sea nettle, 33 

 Sea pig, 76 

 Sea snakes, 53, 93, 96 

 bites, 97 



medical aspects, 97 

 prevention, 99 

 treatment, 98 

 habits, 95 

 Sea stars, 32, 49 

 Sea urchins, 32, 49 

 stings, 52 



medical aspects, 52 

 Sea Wasp, 33 

 Segmented worms, 47 

 semperi, Hydrophis, 95 

 Serpentes, 93 

 serra, Donax, 105 

 Serranidae, 28 

 setosum, Diadema, 49 

 Seven-gilled shark, 109 

 Shark billy, 22 

 Shark chaser, 4 

 Shark Menace Advisory Committee, 4 



Sharks, 1, 9 



attacks upon man by, 14 



fatality rate, 22 



first aid management, 22 



medical aspects, 22 



prevention, 23 



treatment, 22 

 auditory nerves of, 11 

 black-tipped sand, 108 

 blood and food in water with, 9 

 cannibalism in, 11 

 carcharhinid, 11 

 detection of food of, 10 

 diet of, 9 

 feeding pattern of, 11 



individual, 11 



mob, 11 

 geographical location of attacks, 14 

 Greenland, 109 



gustatory organs of, 11 



history of shark attacks, 1-4 



incidence of shark attacks, 14 



intelligence of, 11 



lateral line of, 11 



liver of, 111 



migration of, 14 



noise, effect upon, 11 



olfactory organs, 11 



poisoning by, 111 



poisonous, 108 



repellants, testing of, 3 



seasonal incidence of shark attacks, 

 14 



seven-gilled, 109 



sharp-nosed Mackerel Shark, 17 



six-gilled, 109 



species dangerous to man, 14 



swimming behavior, 11 



teeth of, 9, 10 



visual acuity, 11 



white, 109 

 Shellfish poisoning, 106 



gastrointestinal type, 106 



allergic type, 106 



paralytic type, 106 

 medical aspects, 106 

 prevention, 106 

 treatment, 106 

 Siganidae, 89, 90 

 Siganus fuscescens, 90 



lineatus, 90 



puellus, 90 

 Skipjack, 112 



Smooth Washington clam, 106 

 Snapper, 123, 125 



red, 123 

 Soft-shelled clam, 105 

 solidissima, Spisula, 105 

 Solid surf clam, 105 

 Somniosus microcephalics, 108, 109 

 Sphaeroides annulatus, 115 

 Sphyraena, 131 

 barracuda, 25, 125 

 chinensis, 25 

 Sphyrna diplana, 22 



zygaena, 111 

 Sphyrnidae, 14 

 Spines of sea urchins, 50 

 Spisula solidissima, 105 

 Sponge fishermen's disease, 36 

 Spotted eagle ray, 57 

 Springer, Stewart, 4 

 Squalus acanthias, 53 

 Squaretail, 120 

 Squids, 39, 44 

 Star-gazers, 91 

 stings, 91 



medical aspects, 91 

 prevention, 91 

 treatment, 91 

 Stinging cells, 34 

 coral, 32 



