teeting programme on tre life and health of the Marshall Islancers.
kerord - 32
*TIALCG File 194:
787739
ERA-06:022573, EPH-G1:076060
Title: Survey of ciguatera at Enewetak anc Bikini, Marshall Islands, with
notes on the systematics and foed habits of ciguatonxic fishes
Author: Rancall, J.€.

Affiliation: Eernice F. Bishop Museum, Honolulu, HI
Sources Fish. Bull. (United States)
v 78:2.

Date: Apr 1980
£01-E49 p.
Coder: FSYBA
Document Type: Journal Article
Language: English
Journél Anncuncement: EDERE194

‘Suofile:

EFA

(Energy

Research Abstracts): TIC

(Technical Information

Center:.
Werk Lecaticn: United States
;
Abstract: A tetal of 551 esecimens of 48 species ef covantially
Cigvatoxic fishes from Enewetak and 226 epecimens ef 23 species fram
Bixini, Marshal. Islands, were tested for ciguatoxin by feeding liver er
liver and viscera from these fishes ta moncocses at 19% bady weight (except
a> sharkz, wien only muscle tiszue was used). The fishes are
renresentatives ef the following families: Orectelabidae, Carcha-hiridae,
Desyatidse, Muraenicae, Holocentridsae, sphyraenidae, Mucilidae, Serranidae,
Lutsaridae, Lethrinidae, Carangidae, Scombridas, Labricas, Scaridae,
Fcentharidee, and Balistidae. The soacies selected were all cnes for which
tivitity can be evpected, including the worst affenders from reports cf
cicuatera threughc.ut Ceean.as only moderate tc large-sized adults were

tested. In all, 37.2% af the fishes frem Enewetak anc 19.7% fram Biking

my

mn

7+

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tab tes th e
my
1

Gav@ a positive -eaction for ciguatoxin. Because iiver ane other viscera
@ more tesic than meecie, the percentage cof positive reectiors at the
ev?i which might cause illnese in humans satirg cooly the flesh cf these
cullectivel, weuid ¢rep to 16.2 for Enew2tak and 1.4 for Bikini.
level cf cemicity ig net regarded as high for Facific islands, ir
nerai. Because ciguatosir is acquired ¢hrevgh feeding, the feed habits af
Tr vase fishes were investigated. Moet cf the highly toxic species,
includirg

seven cf tre eicht cavsing severe illness or death in the test aninais

(Lycedontis javanicus, Cephalapholis argus, Epinephelus hcedtii, E.
micredan, Flectrepamus leopardus, Apricn virescens, and Lutjanus bchar) are
primarily piscivorcus.
Record - 33
SDIALCG File 106:
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739803
AlX-12:585036, EDB-91:048989

Titie:

Whole

beady

counting results from 1974 to 1979 for Bikini Islard

residents
Authers
Miltenberger,
R.P.; Greenhcuse, N.A.3 Lessard, &.7.
National .ab., Upton, NY (USA))

Source: Health Fhys. (United “ingdam)

vy 39:3.

Date: See 1°80
S9E-457 p,
Coden: HiTPA
Document Type: Jcurnal Article: Numerical data

S004b48

(Brookhaven

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