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reaction is questionable. If the puffers of the families Tetraodontidae and 

 Lagocephalidae, which are violently poisonous to humans, were excluded, 

 and the "weakly positive" specimens classed as negative, the percentage of 

 "moderately positive" specimens unquestionably toxic would still be 26%. 



TABLE V 



DiSTRIRUTION OF THE ToXIN IN MuSCLE AND ViSCERA AS FoUND 



IN 215 Specimens 



Viscera Muscle Viscera and Muscle 



Number of Toxic Specimens 107 50 41 



Percent Toxic of a Total of 



217 Tested Specimens 49 23 19 



Percent Toxic of a Total of 



116 Toxic Specimens 92 43 35 



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