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. 2012 Aug 15;7(8):e42974. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0042974

Table 3. Brevetoxin concentrations in various live fish species captured in the St. Joseph Bay region during the 2004 bottlenose dolphin UME.

Common Name Genus species Main Diet n =  Muscle Liver Stomach Contents Viscera Whole fish
Scaled sardine Harengula jaguana Plankton 1 18 <dl – 185
Sheepshead Archosargus probatocephalus Benthic invert. 4 <dl – 18 65 – 3709 6 – 613
Spot Leiostomus xanthurus Benthic invert. 8 <dl – 35 33 – 133 7755
Gulf kingfish Menticirrhus littoralis Benthic invert. 2 <dl <dl – 31
Northern kingfish Menticirrhus saxatilis Benthic invert. 7 <dl 35 – 77
Pinfish Lagodon rhomboides Omnivore 1 4005
Spotted seatrout Cynoscion nebulosus Piscivore 7 <dl – 414 <dl – 4655 <dl – 3955
Leatherjacket Oligoplites saurus Piscivore 2 <dl 61 – 109
Southern flounder Paralichthys lethostigma Piscivore 1 6 90
Bluefish Pomatomus saltatrix Piscivore 10 <dl – 45 <dl – 141
Spanish mackerel Scomberomorus maculatus Piscivore 23 <dl – 24
Burrfish Chilomycterus schoepfii Carnivore 1 3985
Gulf flounder Paralichthys albigutta Carnivore 1 <dl

Data are expressed as ng brevetoxin/g and all analyses were conducted by ELISA or RBA.