Table 1.
Sample | n | Body Weight (g) | Sample from: | TTX Concentration (μg/g) | TTX Amount (μg) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Adult | 6 | 4.39 ± 0.92 | Wild | 115 ± 52 b | 523 ± 285 |
Egg plate | 3 | N/A | Wild | 23 ± 16 a | N/A |
Egg plate | 3 | N/A | Aquarium | 9328 ± 3356 a | N/A |
Remaining fragments of egg plates were collected after feeding by the pufferfish Takifugu niphobles (at present Takifugu alboplumbeus). Data are shown as mean ± standard deviation. Different superscripts (a and b) in TTX column indicate a significant difference among the measured values (Tukey–Kramer post-hoc test, p < 0.01).