3. liBtiJihimeJi (Plate 10 Figure 29) 



neone - Mwlloldlohthy erythrlnus (Klunringer) 

 - jome (Barshall***) 

 Em - Indian Ooean to Hamiii 



Soientlfio neone - M wlloldlohth^ 

 Local name 



Distribution -- 



Morphology- TWo barbels on the' lower Jaw are characteristic of this group of 

 fishes* This species is easily Identified by its oharaoteristio coloring* 



Toxicity* Sinoe it was reported that there had been a case of a group of 

 people poisoned by this fish at Jabor in Jalult atoll, we tested it in an ex- 

 perinent with animals. We were imable to detect any toxicity even in speoiBons 

 caught only four hours previously. It is suspected that the poisoning say havo 

 been due to putrefaction in stale fish* The author was not able to exaaine the 

 material in question and so wishes to reserre Judgment, but in the two speoimens 

 which he tested, at least, no toxicity oould be detected* It is not clear whether 

 [page 6S] or not the jomme which Mr. Hatsuo lists as poisonous is the speeies* 



A blue species resembling this one is c ailed Jo by the Marshallese and f unqfl by 

 the Oklnawans) it is an edible fish and is aoTS In the markets* 



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Section 8 Families Labridae and Callyodontldae 



Fishes of these families occur abundantly in tropical waters, and many of 

 them are beautifully colored* Quite a few species are found in Japanese waters 

 also, especially in southern Japan* The rnanber of species which occur in the 

 South Seas is extremely large, the majority of them being Just as edible as the 

 Japanese species. Only a few are poisonous, and most of these very mildly so. 

 Apparently little has been known hitherto of the poisonous fishes of these 

 fEunilies. 



Family Labridae 



1. Yashabera (Plate 12 Figure 34) 



Scientific name - Cheilinus fasoiatus (Blooh) 



Local name - Joll^l (Marshallese) 



Distribution - Africa, Red Sea, Indian Ocean, B* Indies,^ Inner South Seas* 



Morphology - Easily identified by its characteristio coloration. 



Toxicity . Almost no effect oould be detected in an experiment in which a 

 cat ate 15.8 gr of cooked flesh. This species lives in the coral reefs and is 

 difficult to catch. We were able, by the use of dynamite, to collect only one 

 specimen, and so could only perform one experiment. The chances of catching this 

 species should generally be slight. 



Some Jaluit residents said that this fish is nonpoisonous while others 

 claimed that at times it causes mild poisoning* There appears to have been no 

 [Table 56] 

 [Page 66] case of serious poisoning asoribable to this species* 



Judging from the above data, we cannot call this species nonpoisonous, but 

 consider that it is probably slightly, or at times mildly, toxlo* 



[Table 57] 



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