A new study finds there are more venomous fish than venomous snakes.
The 1,200 presumably venomous fish tallied in a new study is six times previous estimates. Fish with a biting bite outnumber all other venomous vertebrates combined, in fact. "The results of this research were quite surprising," said researcher William Leo Smith of the American Museum of Natural History in New York City. This might surprise you, too: More than 50,000 people are poisoned by fish bites every year, Smith and his colleague said. Symptoms range from blisters to death.
Watch out
Among the fish to look out for: lionfishes, catfishes, scorpionfishes, weeverfishes, toadfishes, surgeonfishes, scats, jacks, rabbitfishes, stargazers, and stonefishes.
Pterois Lionfish
Naso Surgeonfish
Orbicular Velvetfish
Soapfish
Paracanthurus Surgeonfish
Scorpionfish
Toadfish
Saber-toothed Blenny
Stonefish
Waspfish
Stargazer
The 1,200 presumably venomous fish tallied in a new study is six times previous estimates. Fish with a biting bite outnumber all other venomous vertebrates combined, in fact. "The results of this research were quite surprising," said researcher William Leo Smith of the American Museum of Natural History in New York City. This might surprise you, too: More than 50,000 people are poisoned by fish bites every year, Smith and his colleague said. Symptoms range from blisters to death.
Watch out
Among the fish to look out for: lionfishes, catfishes, scorpionfishes, weeverfishes, toadfishes, surgeonfishes, scats, jacks, rabbitfishes, stargazers, and stonefishes.
Pterois Lionfish
Naso Surgeonfish
Orbicular Velvetfish
Soapfish
Paracanthurus Surgeonfish
Scorpionfish
Toadfish
Saber-toothed Blenny
Stonefish
Waspfish
Stargazer
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