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I'm often asked for a list of fish people shouldn't eat if they want to avoid the risk of Ciguatera Fish Poisoning. Here's the official list from 1999 (before Sydney fishing was banned) for Australia, none of which I have ever knowingly eaten.
From the 1999 Federal Government report by Leigh Lehane:
http://www.affa.gov.au/corporate_docs/publications/pdf/animalplanthealth/chief_vet/ciguatera.pdf
"The main fish species in Australia that have caused outbreaks of CFP are:
narrowbarred Spanish mackerel (Scomberomorus commersoni) and other mackerel species,
coral trout (Plectropomus spp.),
flowery cod (Epinephelus fuscoguttatus),
barracuda (Sphyraena jello),
red emperor (Lutjanus sebae),
queenfish (Scomberoides commersonianus),
grouper (Epinephelus lanciolatus),
red bass (Lutjanus bohar),
trevally (Caranx spp.),
Maori wrasse (Chelinus trilobatus),
kingfish (Seriola spp.),
parrotfish (Scarus spp.),
chinaman fish/snapper (Symphorus nematophorus),
and paddletail (Lutjanus gibbus) (Mitchell 1976; Gillespie et al 1986; Fenner et al 1997)."










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