- scombrotoxic fishes
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those fishes causing scombroid fish poisoning - certain species of Scombridae, Scomberesocidae, and possibly other dark-meated marine species
Dictionary of ichthyology. 2009.
scombrotoxic fishes
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pelometoxin — a little used synonym for scombrotoxin (the poison in scombrotoxic fishes, believed to consist of histamine, saurine and possibly other toxic by products resulting from bacterial action on histidine, a normal muscle constituent of dark meat… … Dictionary of ichthyology
scombrotoxin — the poison in scombrotoxic fishes, believed to consist of histamine, saurine and possibly other toxic by products resulting from bacterial action on histidine, a normal muscle constituent of dark meat fishes … Dictionary of ichthyology
scombrotoxism — a form of fish poisoning resulting from consumption of scombrotoxic fishes. Certain bacteria in improperly preserved fish act on the histidine in the dark meat of the fish, converting it to saurine and histamine. The ingestion of the latter… … Dictionary of ichthyology
