Toxicity . Only one speciinsn ncs tested, but it nrod'aced mild symptoms in 

 30th the cat and mouse. Should be considered poisonous. 



The three species cited below are edible. 



Family Callyodontidae 

 No poisonous species, 



1. Aobabudai (Plate 13 Firure 35) 



Scientific na/ne - Callyodon nlcrorhinos (nioeker) 



Local name - alowor (!1arshallese) 



Distribution - E, Indies to South Seas, Hawaii area 



"ornholof^y - Teeth form a beak and are f^reen. Scales on sides of body each uith 



red spot. Natives sav that there are individuals,, called mao. which lack the red 



spot.s. Perhaps another species closely I^^serablin": this one. 



Toxicity . This species is taken by drivin/^-in nets and by an^linr; near the 

 coral reefs, and large numbers are nariceted. The natives use it as an article 

 of daily diet. No ill effects could be observed in an experiment vjith a cat. 

 [Pa":e 68] 



2. Toroibudai (Plate 13 Fi«rure 36) 



Scientific name - Callyodon pulchellus (Ruppell) 



Local name - bellbilikio (T'arshallese) 



[Plates 60, 6l] 



listribution - Hed Sea, Inf^ian Ccean, South Seas 



"orpholofty - Can be identified at a 'glance by the characteristic colorin;». 



Toxicity . No effect on experimental animals. One of the nrincinal market 

 fish. Some persons hesitate tr ct it because it looks very poisonous in its 

 •reneral appearance, but the flavor is delicious, 



3. Fujiirobu'lai (Plate 14 Figure 3P) 



Scientific name - Pseudosearus sp. 

 Tocal name - llonou.1 (Marshallese) 

 distribution - "arshalls area 



Toxicity . Nonpoisonous (not tented on animals). Sold in the mrrket cs a 

 food fish. 



[Pa-'e 69] 



Section 9 Familv Serranidae 



The fishes of this family occur in the South Seas in '^reat abundance and in 

 many species. They arc also Talrly plentiful in the v;aters of so'-thern Japan 

 '.vhere they are all rerjardod as delicious food fish. In the South 3ers frenernllyi 

 the ma.^ority of them are edible. In an nrea vjhere most of the fish are non-oily, 

 these fishes, with their A^hite oily flesh, i^race the tables of the Japanese resi- 

 dents under the name of tamakal . 



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