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    <title>Biology and ecology of toxic pufferfish</title>
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    <namePart>Santhanam, Ramasamy</namePart>
    <namePart type="date">1946-</namePart>
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    <dateIssued encoding="marc">2018</dateIssued>
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    <extent>xiv, 420 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm.</extent>
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  <tableOfContents>1. Introduction -- 2. Toxic pufferfish : biology and ecology -- 3. Profile of toxic pufferfish -- 4. Pufferfish toxins -- 5. Pufferfish poisoning -- 6. Pufferfish aquariums -- 7. Diseases and parasites of [pufferfish and their management -- 8. Nutritional values of pufferfish -- 9. Pharmaceutical values of pufferfish toxins.</tableOfContents>
  <note type="statement of responsibility">Ramasamy Santhanam, PhD.</note>
  <note>Includes bibliographical references (pages 383-402) and index.</note>
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    <topic>Toxicology</topic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <topic>Tetrodotoxin</topic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <topic>Poisonous fishes</topic>
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  <classification authority="lcc">QL638.T32 S26 2018</classification>
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