Fish within the family Tetraodontidae are potential sources of both endogenous
tetrodotoxins (TTXs) and dietary derived saxitoxins (STXs). Ingestion of fish tissues …

" Blue Wall", in San Andrés Island (Colombia), is an outer reef slope with an inclination that
increases with depth to nearly 90°. Such a steep gradient facilitates the identification of …

In 2017 a mass mortality event of the reef fish Canthigaster rostrata was observed on the
Southern Caribbean coast of Costa Rica. The 86 subjects collected, possibly juveniles, were …

This paper reports two events related to reef fish mortalities that occurred off the Mexican
Caribbean's west coast, specifically within the Puerto Morelos Reef National Park. The first …

Durante 2020 ocurrió un evento de mortalidad masiva del pez Canthigaster rostrata en el
Refugio de Vida Silvestre Gandoca-Manzanillo (Regama), en la costa Caribe sur de Costa …

Published accounts of puffer fishes of the genus Canthigaster describe these species as
territorial and occurring at low densities (Sikkel 1990 and references within). Here, we …

Marine organisms occasionally settle at exceptional densities, whereby thousands of
individuals arrive concurrently. High levels of mortality, which has historically been attributed …

The sharpnose pufferfish Canthigaster rostrata is one of the members of the coral reef
ecosystems in the Caribbean, however, there are no studies on its histology. The pufferfish …

During 2020 a massive mortality event of the Atlantic sharpnose puffer (Canthigaster
rostrata) was recorded in the Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge (Regama), on the …

El presente informe contiene los resultados de las actividades desarrolladas durante 9
ejercicios regionales de monitoreo ECOME comprendidos de septiembre de 2013 a …