2011 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Taxonomic and toxic study on puffers found in Southeast Asia
| Project/Area Number |
20405034
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 海外学術 |
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| Research Field |
General fisheries
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| Research Institution | National Museum of Nature and Science, Tokyo |
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Principal Investigator |
MATSUURA Keiichi 独立行政法人国立科学博物館, 動物研究部, 部長 (70141984)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
SATO Shigeru 北里大学, 海洋生命科学部, 准教授 (20170748)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2009 – 2011
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| Keywords | フグ / 分類 / フグ毒 / 南シナ海 / 東南アジア |
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| Research Abstract |
Puffer specimens were collected from the seas in the Philippines, Vietnam, Thailand and Malaysia to study their taxonomic characters and toxin. Our taxonomic study showed that Lagocephalus wheeleri is a junior synonym of L. spadiceus. Many toxic puffers such as species of Arothron and Torquigener were commonly found in fish landing places in these countries. Our toxin analysis revealed that the puffers in the Southeast Asian region are highly toxic.
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Research Products
(7 results)
