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venomous fishes
(english) Those fishes that produce their poisons by means of glandular structures and are equipped with a spine or other traumagenic device to purvey their venoms. The poisons are parenteral toxins, usually large molecules, and are readily destroyed by heat or gastric juices. Also called ichthyacanthotoxic or acanthotoxic fishes.

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