Abstract
Venomous characteristics of Plotosus lineatus can cause some allergic reactions to fish stings. The striped eel catfish has potential risks in which migration route from the Indo-Pacific' to the Mediterranean Sea. Although these stings are often uncritical for the significant morbidity may result including severe pain, and other health problems. In this study, the first descriptive case on the harmful effect of the venomous Lessepsian migrant P. lineatus from the Iskenderun Bay, the Northeastern Mediterranean Sea.
Highlights
The biodiversity in the eastern Mediterranean has been considerably altered since the opening of the Suez Canal in 1869 (Turan et al, 2018)
There are several venomous and poisonous Lessepsian fish that have invaded to the Mediterranean Sea belong to the families Siganidae, Tetraodontidae, Dasyatidae, Scorpanidae, Plotosidae
Shiomi et al (1986) reported that the skin secretion of P. lineatus contains at least one hemolysin, two lethal factors and two oedema-forming factors but still little is known about the chemical properties of the venom
Summary
The biodiversity in the eastern Mediterranean has been considerably altered since the opening of the Suez Canal in 1869 (Turan et al, 2018). As it is known that numerous alien fish species can inflict painful specification with the dangerous stings of spines or with the complex venom glands (Cook & Zumla, 2009). Fish venoms are usually a mixtures of a high-molecular-weight heat-labile proteins with systemic toxic effect and low molecular weight amines which cause inflammatory reactions.
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