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.