The Ministry of Health and Population warned citizens against eating or catching the shark, because it is a poisonous fish that leads to death, and its poison does not have a healing serum, and it is known as the most deadly fish in the world.
During this report, we monitor the 9 most important information about this fish, its types, where it is found, and where its poison comes from.
1- The catfish is one of the types of fish known to cause very serious digestive poisonings. Its poison is known as “tetrodotoxin,” and in Egypt they call it the pufferfish or rabbit.
2- Despite the danger of its poison, it is a non-aggressive fish. It inflates its body when it senses danger in preparation for an attack, and professional fishermen know it.
3- The shark is a fish that is forbidden to catch, sell, or trade in the markets, not because it is vulnerable to extinction, but because of its danger to the health of citizens and public health.
4- The catfish lives at the bottom of the sea and feeds on fish waste and toxic algae. Its poison is found in the skin, entrails, liver, and intestines, and the poison is not found in the meat of these fish.
5 - Once it is caught, it is dealt with by skinning it, removing the head and entrails, and extracting its meat only, as toxins are found in its liver, intestines, skin, gonads, and gills, but not the meat, and the toxic parts of it represent about 12-13% of the meat.
6- The catfish found in the Red Sea is less dangerous than its counterpart found in Japan. It is also found in abundance in the Gulf of Suez, and its number in the Red Sea and the Mediterranean has increased significantly over the past few years. It moved from the Red Sea to the Mediterranean Sea via the Suez Canal during Fish migration seasons.
7- The catfish, of which 39 species live in salt water and about 28 species in fresh water.
8- The toxic dose for humans is less than one milligram; Thus, this shark poison is considered one of the most deadly types of poisons.
9- The effect of the poison on the shark does not end with cooking
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