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English[en]
Members of this family also synthesize tetrodotoxin (TTX), an ancient marine alkaloid and powerful neurotoxin (Na+ pump inhibitor, 1 mg can kill an adult) that serves to protect members of an order of fishes, the Tetraodontiformes (tetras-four and odontos-tooth), which include the puffer fish (see fugu, raw puffer fish served in Japan).
Spanish[es]
Los miembros de esta familia sintetizan tetrodotoxina, un antiguo alcaloide marino y poderosa neurotoxina (inhibidor del flujo de Na+, 1 mg puede matar a un adulto) que sirve de protección a los Tetraodontiformes (tetras-cuatro y odontos-dientes), entre ellos al venenoso pez fugu.