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disease of humans caused by consumption of tropical fish that
have fed on the alga Gambierdiscus or Ostreopsis. Unlike many
other dinoflagellate toxins, ciguatoxin and maitotoxin are
concentrated in finfish rather than shellfish. Levels as low as
one part per billion in fish can be sufficient to cause human
intoxication. ingestion by fish ...one of their toxic by-
products may cause intoxication. An example is that of the shore
fishes of many tropical islands; otherwise valuable food fishes
are frequently contaminated by a poison called ciguatoxin. The
poison, a potent neurotoxin (nerve poison), is accidentally
ingested by the fishes in their food; such fish can no longer be
used for either human or animal consumption. What made you want
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