Dictionary of ichthyology

ICHTHYOCRINOTOXIC FISHES

ichthyocrinotoxic fishes: translation

those fishes that produce a poison by means of glandular structures often in the skin, independent of a true venom apparatus, i.e. poison glands are present, but there is no traumagenic device (such as a spine), e.g. Myxinidae,Grammistes, Rypticus(Serranidae), and Ostraciidae