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Rabbitfish are poisonous. Who knew
https://www.egyptindependent.com/health-authorities-in-sohag-warn-citizens-against-poisonous-rabbitfish/The Health Directorate in Sohag, Upper Egypt, warned citizens against buying and eating poisonous rabbit-fish, stressing the need to verify the type of fish before purchasing it whether whole or in the form of slices.
The Undersecretary of the Health Ministry in Sohag Ahmed Mahrous in a Friday statement explained that the poisonous rabbitfish leads to death within six to eight hours after consumption.
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Mahrous continued that the fish, which is found in the Red and Mediterranean seas, contains the poison Tetrodotoxin, which is considered highly toxic with no cure.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabbitfish
several pictures and more science
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but they look pretty benign, a flat fish, almost a round body from the side, light brown with off white polka dots and stripes. I suppose someone thought it looked like a rabbit skin, hence the name.
I would imagine that people who fish those waters know enough to throw them back in, they've been doing it down the generations for thousands of years. There must've been an oopsie by an amateur.
