There are seYoral reports fron the Philippines among the past literature 

 of South Seas tetraodonts. Herre* has, for example, reported Tatraodon immacu * 

 latus Bloch & Schneider, T. reticularis Eloch & Schneider, and T» fluvia tills 

 BucKanan -Hamilton as poisonous in the Philippines, Seale *♦ has described the , 

 poisonous fisli called ting a -tinga (''oro di&lect) or botete , and identified it ^ 

 as Spheroides scelere.tus (Torster). He has further recorded three species of 

 the Diontidae, called Toco (in Tagalog ho ti ting laot ), of the Philippines as 

 poiEcnous, and seven species of the Balis tidae (colled pt..paco ) and sorae species | 

 of the Monacanthidae (called pacol) as suspected of being poisonous. 



The author, thinking that the possibility of poison vrould probrbly be taken 

 into consideration vjhenever tetraodonts w^re eaten, did not try in the course i 

 of this investigation to collect and test them to as great an extent as he did ! 

 in the case of the species which resemble other edible fishes. Conseouently, 

 he can only deal with a very few species. 



1. Yokoshimafugu (Plate 2 3 Figure 64) | 



Scientific name - Tetraodon hispidus Linne , ^ 



Locel name - wat (Marshallese^ 



Distribution (Red Sea in the west, Indian Ccean, throughout South Seas, Okinawa 



in the north, east froir: Hawaii to Panama. 



Morphology - Longitudinal stripes consisting of alternate black and white lines. 



on the belly. Some have the area around the ventral fin and opercle black 



surrounded by white stripes forming incomplete rings. On the dorsal surface of 



the body and on the caudal fin are small white spots scattered over a black 



ground. [Page 105] 



Toxicity. No poison was detected in the muscle tissue. The liver appeared 

 to be slightly poisonous. 

 [Table 121] 



2. Mizorefugu (Plate 24 Figure 66) 



Scientific name - Tetroaodon meleagris Bloch & Schneider 



[Table 122] 



[page 106] 



Local name - not known 



Distribution - tropical Pacific 



Morphology - Body dusky brown, small white spots scattered over whole body, 



sor.iewhat sm.aller on the hack than on the belly. Spots also on all fins except 



the pectorals. 



Toxicity. Only the livor was tested, and only a slight toxicity could be 



detected. 



3. Yogorefugu (Plate 2 3 Figxare 65) 



Scientific name - Te traodon nigropvmctatus Bloch & Schneider 

 Local name - wat (Mars halls area) 

 Distribution - E. Africa to Samoa 



Herre 1 Philippine Journal of Science. Vol. 25, No. 4. p. 416-510. 1924 

 Sealei ibid. Vol. 7, No. 4, p. 289-291, Some poisonous Philippine fishes. 



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