Only the muscles of the fish is free of poison. Ordinary cooking such as steaming or frying will not destroy the poison. If you eat the fish without proper preparation to dissolve the poison, you may suffer symptoms such as diarrhoea, vomiting, abdominal pain, tingling and numbness, giddiness and convulsions. Death may occur from respiratory paralysis. No known antidote existed for the poison.
Treatment is mainly supportive.
Found on coral reefs, it has a speckled appearance with white spots on a maroon-coloured background. If eaten, the poison in the crab will cause diarrhoea, vomiting, abdominal pain, difficulty in breathing and convulsions. Death may result. No antidote exists for the poison. Shellfish Mussels and clams may be infected with poison from blooming toxic plankton known as red tide.