Toxicity and Molecular Identification of Green Toadfish Lagocephalus lunaris Collected from Kyushu Coast, Japan

Table 1

Recent food poisoning incidents due to green toadfish Lagocephalus lunaris in Japan.

Date	Place	Number of ingestion	Number of patient
August 18, 2008	Miyazaki Pref.	6	3
August 18, 2008	Kochi Pref.	5	3
August 19, 2008	Kochi Pref.	1	1
October 10, 2008	Kagoshima Pref.	2	2
October 5, 2009	Kagoshima Pref.	2	2
Total		16	11