' orphclo^y - The coloration and oiarlcings are chsracteristic. In life it is 

 colored os shewn in the uprx^r fif^ure, but after death and as seen in the market g 

 it looks like the lov;er figure. They are drawn side by side for comparison. 



Toxicity . This species f»ave no indication of toxicity in eocperinents, 



Saipan fishermen say thnt the flesh of this species may be eoten, but that 

 if the intestines are fed to T3in;s, the pi/i;s die. In our exneriments the animals 

 •would not eat the intestinal contents and consequently It was impossible to 

 determine their effect. 



Choetodontidae 



rihachijo (Plate 25 Fir^ure 69) 



Scientific name - Holacanthua diacanthus (^ther 



Local name - .jonir (llarshalls area) 



Distribution - Indian Ccean, 13. Indies, South Seas, TTawaii area 



Toxicity . This species beloni^s to the family Chaetodontidae and is not 

 taken in lar";e quantities. 



Residents of the t'ars halls apparently do not know whether or not it can be 

 [jPage lD3]Jeaten, Results of experiments indicate that it may be slightly poi- 

 sonous (Table 121). 



Pomacentridae 



Kobansuzunedai (Plate 25 Fi^re 70) 



Scientific name - Abudefduf sexfasciatus (Lacepede) 



Local name - b^e,1 (TTarshallese) . Another slimmer-bodied species Is called 



urel. 

 Distribution - Red Sea, Indian Ocean, South Seas, E. Indies 



Toxicity . From results of experiments vdth animals, this species appears 

 to be very slii^htly poisonous. 



Residents of the Marshalls have no certain knowledf^e concerninir the toxicity 

 of this species because it is a small fish (about 5 en) and is not eaten. 



This is a variety of the fish called aobiki. which is used as live bait in 

 ths skipjack fishery. 

 ^Tables 119, 120J 



['Pai'e 104} Section 12 Family Tetraodontidae 



The toxicity of the tetraodonts has long been known, and many studies have 

 been made of them. Those which up to the present have been kncrm to be 

 poisonous are, according; to Fokuda (o^. cit . p. 18), the raafngu . hirjanfogu, 

 mefumi. komonfu'ru. shosaifunu. akamefuf^. kusafuCTi . tcrafu^u, shinafurru. nnd 

 Roraafugu . 



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