Ichthyotoxin

Japanese: ichthyotoxin
Ichthyotoxin

...The stomach is divided into three parts: the cardiac stomach, the cecal stomach, and the pyloric stomach, and the intestine is straight and short. The blood contains a neurotoxin called ichthyotoxin. Adult fish are nocturnal and live in freshwater. They hide in the shadows underwater during the day and swim out at night to prey on small fish, shrimp, crabs, earthworms, aquatic insects, etc.

*Some of the terminology that mentions "ichthyotoxin" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…胃は噴門胃,盲囊胃,幽門胃の3部に分かれ,腸は直走して短い。血液中にイクチオトキシンichthyotoxinと呼ばれる神経毒を含む。 夜行性で,淡水中に生活している成魚は日中は水中の物陰に潜み,夜間泳ぎ出して小魚,エビ,カニ,ミミズ,水生昆虫などを捕食する。…

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