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. 2011 Mar 10;6(3):e17394. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0017394

Table 2. Concentrations of brevetoxin and domoic acid found in viscera of various fish species in Sarasota Bay, Florida, USA during the May 2008 and May 2009 dolphin health assessments.

Capture Date Common Name Genus species Total No. Fish Total Fish Weight (g) Visceral Weight (g) Brevetoxin (ng/g viscera) Domoic acid (ng/g viscera)
5/1/2008 Striped mullet Mugil cephalus 5 386±49 72±15 22±4 (n = 5*) 90±29 (n = 5*)
5/1/2008 Pinfish Lagodon rhomboides 5 37±4 4.9±0.5 24±5 (n = 5*) 39±16 (n = 5*)
5/1/2008 Pigfish Orthopristis chrysoptera 7 4.3±0.2 0.28±0.03 43±20 (n = 2) 76±21 (n = 5)
5/7/2008 Striped mojarra Eugerres plumieri 5 151±42 18±4 45±6 (n = 5*) 65±15 (n = 5*)
5/1/2008 Scaled sardines Harengula jaguana 10 14±0.7 3.5±0.6 46±4 (n = 5) 440±92 (n = 5)
5/5/2009 Striped mullet Mugil cephalus 3 619±65.4 72.7±5.0 all >20.3 (n = 3*) 54±4 (n = 3*)
5/5/2009 Pinfish Lagodon rhomboides 3 86±1.9 9.3±1.2 all >7 (n = 3*) <dl (n = 3*)
5/7/2009 Mangrove snapper Lutjanus griseus 2 147±5.5 7±0.2 3±1 (n = 2*) <dl (n = 2*)
5/5/2009 Sheepshead Archosargus probatocephalus 1 562 45.8 10 (n = 1*) <dl (n = 1*)

Note: Data shown are mean ± SE (or ± range where n = 2). An asterisk (*) represents the same fish specimens used for both toxin analyses.