Balistidae 



1. /ikahanongara (Plate 22 Figure 60) 



Scientific norae - Cdonas nl^er (Ruppell) 



Local name - bub or bub frgj_ (Marshallese) 



Distribution - Indian Ocean, tropical '".'estern Pacific 



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Characteristics - Body black, dorsal and anal fins slightly bluish. The red teeth 



are characteristic. 



Toxicity » Tlesults of experiments indicate strong toxicity. Some residents 

 of the T'arshalls said it vjas poisonous, some said it was nonpoisoncus, and some 

 did not know. This species anpears to be rarely taken and there seems to be no 

 certain knowledge concerning its toxicity. 



The name bub is a general term for the Balistidae and also Includes edible 

 fishes, 



2, Kiberimongara (Plate 22 Figure 61) 



Scientific name - Balistes flavimarginatus Ruppell 



Local name - lele Cfershallese) 



Distribution - Indian Ocean, tropical and subtropical "', Pacific 



Characteristics - Easily recognized by the coloration. 



Toxicity . This species is nonpoisoncus, and is treated as a foodfish in the 

 ' farshalls area . 

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3. ''ongarahagi (Plate 22 Figure 62) 



Scientific name - Balistes conspicillum Bloch ft Schneider 



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Local name - bub 



Distribution - Roughly the same as the preceding species 



Characteristics - The coloration is unique. 



Toxicity . Tlatsuo (on, cit. ) has recorded this species as poisonous '.lith the 

 name holeketem bub . The natives say that in 'Marshallese holeketem means "fish- 

 poisoning", ^'atsuo classed it vdth the fatally poisonous species. This writer 

 had no opportunity to test it on animals, and merely cites it here. 



^ ?Tonacanthidae 



Iloshinamihagi (Plate 23 Figure 63) 



Scientific name - Aleuteres scrintus 6sbeck 



Local name - sensuru ( 3aipan Japanesej Okinawan dialect) 



Distribution - ". Indies, Indian Ocean, E, Indies, Inner South Seas 



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