A potent nerotoxin that is secreated by a dinoflagellate and can accumulate in the flesh of certain marine fish such as grouper or snapper, causing cigutera posining.
Ciguatoxin: A seafood toxin That is acquired by eating fish that have consumed toxic single celled marine organisms called '" dinoflagellates," or fish that have consumed other fish that have become toxic. Medicine Net www.medicinenet.com /script/main/art/.asp?articlekey=19148
by Dark Maiden August 12, 2017