United States Department of the Interior 

 Oscar Lo Chapman, Secretary 

 Fish and Wildlife Service 

 Albert M. Day, Director 



Special Scientific Report - Fisheries 

 No, 27 



CIGUATERA; TROPICAL FISH POISONING 



By 



William Arcisz, Bacteriologist, 

 Formerly with the Fishery Research Laboratory 

 Branch of Commercial Fisheries 

 Mayaguez, Puerto Rico 



