figure shovTod vjell-defined white spots, however, the authorfe experience has been 

 that these small white spots can hardly be observed in freshly-caught specimens. 

 T'^elther the author nor the artist noticed them in the field. It was only when 

 the specimens were re-examined after haviaJT been preserved in formalin for about 

 two months that these spots could be clearly seen, and vie could iresolve our doubts 

 as to the identity of the specieso In the fi,<;ure the two spots have been somewhat 

 exa'^^erated in order to show their location. 



This species has lonn: been knov;n to be poisonous. Jordan and Geale (1906)** 

 reported it from ^amoa with the local name of mumea as the only fish other th^n 

 monacanthids and tetraodonts which is alviays poisonous there, 't. Shif^eho Tanakrf^ 

 has also described the species. 

 [Table 33] 



'toxicity . Tests with this species were unsatisfactory because the amount of 

 material available was too snail. Cats consumed 17 gr. without any ill effect, an' 

 nice showed no reaction, 



Accoislinfr to the ''arshalJ-ese, this species is poisonous at Jaluit but is eate 

 at Sbon Island, Local residents also say that if kept in tide pools, these fish 

 lose their toxicity. Be that as it '^ay, in fish v,'hich show such variations in 

 toxicity, the variation as between individual specimens is often very great. The 

 experiments with animals described above vjere made with only one specimen and con- 

 sequently were inconclusive. 



The toxicity of this species is considered to be mild or slight, 



jPar^ 46l 3= Fuedokutarumi (Plate 6 Fitrure 15) 



Scientific name - Lut.lanus ( Loxolut.ianua ) sp. 

 Local name - .lab ( "arshallese ) , fuena , nilmi.la (Okinawan) 

 Distribution - 'jaipan, '^arshalls 

 '^orpholopy - This species closely resemJoles lut.ianus gibbus, there bein'^ almost no 

 difference on morphclcyically important points. Only the coloration .Tives an 

 impression of marked difference at first glance. In L, Ribbus it is a vivid red 

 while in this species it looks just as if it had faded out to a 11 ^ht pink. The 

 colorin/^ of the figure does not convey this inpression satisfactorily, but it is 

 a coloration which is difficult to sho\j in a drawing. It resembles the color of 

 freshly-polished conper but is lif^hter. This is the coloration even when the fish 

 is first token from the wateri Since it would be out of place to take "p detailed 

 morpholorrlcal differences here, they will be left for another time. The author has 

 seen L, f>ibbua taken in lar'^e numbers and used for food at Palao, 



Toxicity , In experiments with cats one animal exhibited a strong deniree of 

 Impairment of sensory and locomotory functions. Of lU mice tested, 5 shwjed some 

 effects, (Table 34] 

 [Pa'Te 47] [Tables 35, 36J 



Natives both at Saipan nnd in the "arshalls consider this fish strongly toxic 



■»**Jordan and Seale:- (1906) Fishes of Samoa . 

 *<WTanaka, Shl'reho:- (1914) Zoolo/tical r^a'^azine. Vol. 26, IIo. 319, p. 412. 



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