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The different feeding habits of the predatory snakehead (Channa striata), omnivorous catfish (Clarias macrocephalus), insectivorous climbing perch (Anabas testudineus), and plantivorous-omnivorous gouramies (Trichogaster pectoralis and T. trichopterus) indicate possible yield improvements through rice/fish polyculture.
1. Intensive sustainable livestock production: an alternative to tropical deforestation. 1992
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Other ingredients included another bouga toad and not one but four species of puffer fish Sphoeroides testudineus, S. spengleri, Diodon hystrix, D. holacanthus.
The Serpent and the Rainbow Wade Davis 1985
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In the mid-1950s an elderly tourist in south Florida ate the liver of Sphoeroides testudineus.
The Serpent and the Rainbow Wade Davis 1985
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The species used in the zombi preparations show a similar pattern—Sphoeroides testudineus, the sea toad, is most toxic in June, precisely the time when Herard said the poison was strongest.
The Serpent and the Rainbow Wade Davis 1985
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Marcel had recognized two varieties of fish—the fou-fou, which was Diodon hystrix, and the crapaud de mer, or sea toad, which was Sphoeroides testudineus.
The Serpent and the Rainbow Wade Davis 1985
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Marcel added two species of puffers to his poison—Diodon hystrix and Sphoeroides testudineus—both known to contain tetrodotoxin.
The Serpent and the Rainbow Wade Davis 1985
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