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The Morphology and Toxicity Studies of Green Spotted Puffer, Tetraodon nigroviridis from Sungai Bako, Kuching, Sarawak

The morphology and toxicity studies of green spotted puffer, Tetraodon nigroviridis from Sungai Bako, Kuching, Sarawak has been conducted from August 2007 to February 2008. A total of96 samples ofpuffer fish have been collected by using drifted net and three layers net The physical measurement of4...

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Main Author: Nur Amalina, Che Awin
Format: Final Year Project Report
Language:English
Published: Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, (UNIMAS) 2008
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SH Aquaculture. Fisheries. Angling
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spelling my.unimas.ir.319762024-01-25T07:21:11Z http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/31976/ The Morphology and Toxicity Studies of Green Spotted Puffer, Tetraodon nigroviridis from Sungai Bako, Kuching, Sarawak Nur Amalina, Che Awin SH Aquaculture. Fisheries. Angling The morphology and toxicity studies of green spotted puffer, Tetraodon nigroviridis from Sungai Bako, Kuching, Sarawak has been conducted from August 2007 to February 2008. A total of96 samples ofpuffer fish have been collected by using drifted net and three layers net The physical measurement of48 females and 48 males samples has were recorded with almost similar in size which female average total length is 13.7::1: 1.74 cm and the male average total length is 13.4::1: 1.76 cm. The physical appearance like colour, spot and nwnber of dorsal and anal fm rays were observed and counted by using dissecting microscope to identifY species name. The body colour of adults puffer fish is darker compared to juveniles. Two dominant spot patterns types, the circling spotted pattern and fused spotted like pattern were observed and sketched. The nwnber ofdorsal and anal fm rays is in rangel3-16 and 11·12 respectively indicate all of the samples as T. nigroviridis. The toxicity test has been done using mouse bioassay method. The toxin has been extract from gonad, liver and muscle which tested on Gerbil mice. As the result, the toxin is highly concentration in male gonad with 59.50 MU/g, follow by liver and muscle tissue. Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, (UNIMAS) 2008 Final Year Project Report NonPeerReviewed text en http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/31976/2/Nur%20Amalina%20Bt%20Che%20Awin%20ft.pdf Nur Amalina, Che Awin (2008) The Morphology and Toxicity Studies of Green Spotted Puffer, Tetraodon nigroviridis from Sungai Bako, Kuching, Sarawak. [Final Year Project Report] (Unpublished)
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Nur Amalina, Che Awin
The Morphology and Toxicity Studies of Green Spotted Puffer, Tetraodon nigroviridis from Sungai Bako, Kuching, Sarawak
description The morphology and toxicity studies of green spotted puffer, Tetraodon nigroviridis from Sungai Bako, Kuching, Sarawak has been conducted from August 2007 to February 2008. A total of96 samples ofpuffer fish have been collected by using drifted net and three layers net The physical measurement of48 females and 48 males samples has were recorded with almost similar in size which female average total length is 13.7::1: 1.74 cm and the male average total length is 13.4::1: 1.76 cm. The physical appearance like colour, spot and nwnber of dorsal and anal fm rays were observed and counted by using dissecting microscope to identifY species name. The body colour of adults puffer fish is darker compared to juveniles. Two dominant spot patterns types, the circling spotted pattern and fused spotted like pattern were observed and sketched. The nwnber ofdorsal and anal fm rays is in rangel3-16 and 11·12 respectively indicate all of the samples as T. nigroviridis. The toxicity test has been done using mouse bioassay method. The toxin has been extract from gonad, liver and muscle which tested on Gerbil mice. As the result, the toxin is highly concentration in male gonad with 59.50 MU/g, follow by liver and muscle tissue.
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author Nur Amalina, Che Awin
author_facet Nur Amalina, Che Awin
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title The Morphology and Toxicity Studies of Green Spotted Puffer, Tetraodon nigroviridis from Sungai Bako, Kuching, Sarawak
title_short The Morphology and Toxicity Studies of Green Spotted Puffer, Tetraodon nigroviridis from Sungai Bako, Kuching, Sarawak
title_full The Morphology and Toxicity Studies of Green Spotted Puffer, Tetraodon nigroviridis from Sungai Bako, Kuching, Sarawak
title_fullStr The Morphology and Toxicity Studies of Green Spotted Puffer, Tetraodon nigroviridis from Sungai Bako, Kuching, Sarawak
title_full_unstemmed The Morphology and Toxicity Studies of Green Spotted Puffer, Tetraodon nigroviridis from Sungai Bako, Kuching, Sarawak
title_sort morphology and toxicity studies of green spotted puffer, tetraodon nigroviridis from sungai bako, kuching, sarawak
publisher Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, (UNIMAS)
publishDate 2008
url http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/31976/2/Nur%20Amalina%20Bt%20Che%20Awin%20ft.pdf
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