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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Mar 9.
Published in final edited form as: Toxicon. 2007 Jun 26;50(5):707–723. doi: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2007.06.005

Table 2.

Brevetoxin composition in fish compared to their food sources in experimental exposures (K. brevis, toxic hard clams) and in selected fish species collected from St. Joseph Bay

Species Common name Tissue type Brevetoxins detected by HPLC-MS
Karenia brevisa Florida red tide PbTx-2>PbTx-3,-9>PbTx-6>brevenal
Mugil cephalusa Striped mullet Viscera PbTx-2>PbTx-3>PbTx-6>PbTx-9
Mercenaria sp.a Hard clam Whole cys-PbTx-2>PbTx-3>OxCys-PbTx-2
Lagodon rhomboidesa Pinfish Liver cys-PbTx-2>PbTx-3>OxCys-PbTx-2
Micropogonias undulatusa Atlantic croaker Liver cys-PbTx-2>PbTx-3>OxCys-PbTx-2
Brevoortia sp.b,c Menhaden Muscle/viscera PbTx-3>PbTx-2>cys-PbTx-2
Cynoscion nebulosusb Spotted seatrout Liver cys-PbTx-2>PbTx-3
Pomatomus saltatrixb Bluefish Liver cys-PbTx-2>PbTx-3
Ariopsis felis Hardhead catfish Liver cys-PbTx-2
Hyporhamphus meeki American halfbeak Liver cys-PbTx-2
Cynoscion nebulosus Spotted seatrout Liver cys-PbTx-2
a

From experimental exposures.

b

Fish collected in 2004.

c

Menhaden recovered from bottlenose dolphin stomach contents.