Naso & Blue Tangs Venomous ?

[ChilisREasy]

I was browsing through LiveScience.com's gallery of deadly fish,, & to my amazement the Naso & Blue Tangs are listed !!!

Did anyone else know this ?

[jenajet]

yep seen that. crazy isn't it.

[Loverotties]

No I didn't.Wow

[Geoff]

do you have a link? i thought the main concern with these are the tail spines. i thought they contained a bacteria that causes infection, and not really a venom.

would like to know more though.

G~

[XeniaGirl]

naso tangs?... really!????...

[Geoff]

i am not finding any concrete evidence of venom in the spines of surgeonfish. i am seeing a lot of heresay and cross referencing of books without any substance to them. i am not saying they are not venomous, but so far i am putting them in the same category as tube anemones for now.

for the longest time everyone thought tube anemones were voracious fish eaters because of a reference in a book back in the 60's. in fact they are not able to eat fish at all.

G~

[crvz]

I've also never heard of surgeonfish having venom, only spines. Maybe thats the sole reason they are listed?

[ChilisREasy]

Originally Posted by Geoff

i am not finding any concrete evidence of venom in the spines of surgeonfish. i am seeing a lot of heresay and cross referencing of books without any substance to them. i am not saying they are not venomous, but so far i am putting them in the same category as tube anemones for now.

for the longest time everyone thought tube anemones were voracious fish eaters because of a reference in a book back in the 60's. in fact they are not able to eat fish at all.

G~

it may not actually be a VENOM to say but rather a bacteria, ive not found any really hard evidence of it either, but one scientist says...& i forget where i read this..'' every fish they attacky usually dies,but no toxins can be found in the anatomy of the fish.''

so i dont know, just thought someone else might.lol