| toxicities of two freshwater puffers in taiwan. | forty-two and twelve specimens of puffers tetraodon ocellatus and t. nigroviridis were, respectively, collected from the aquaria in taiwan and determined for toxicity by using tetrodotoxin bioassay. it was found that t. ocellatus contained moderate amounts of toxin in skin and viscera, and the highest toxicity scores were 432 mu/g skin and 212 mu/g viscera. the specimens of t. nigroviridus contained weak amounts of toxin in skin, and the highest toxicity score was 124 mu/g. the toxin was partial ... | 2002 | 12009110 |