Definition of Grammistin. Meaning of Grammistin. Synonyms of Grammistin

- Grammistins are peptide toxins synthesised by glands in the skin of soapfishes of the tribes Grammistini and Diploprionini which are both classified within...
- Grammistini and Diploprionini secrete a mucus-like toxin in their skin called grammistin, and when they are confined in a restricted space and subjected to stress...
- yellow coloration. The longsnouted clingfish has been found to release a grammistin like toxic mucus on its skin. Long-snout clingfish are widespread throughout...
- which is widespread in the Red Sea. Soapfishes produce the bitter toxin grammistin from their skin to deter predators. This may cause illness in humans....
- can kill other fish. This is due to their skin and mucus containing a grammistin-like toxin (the toxin in soapfish, such as Grammistes). Whether any other...
- amounts of toxic mucus from their skin in response to stress. The toxin, grammistin, repels predators. Rypticus species are nocturnal, feeding at night on...
- fishes and crustaceans. When stressed this species secretes the skin toxin grammistin. Diploprion bifasciatum was first formally described in 1828 by the French...
- within Belonoperca are elongated, predatory fish that produce the toxin grammistin in the mucus on their skin. The two species in the genus have 9 spines...
- species which feeds on fishes and crustaceans. These fish have a toxin, grammistin, which is produced in their skin and which has a bitter taste, the production...
- toxin from the skin. The toxins in the skin secretions are known as grammistins. These secretions resemble lathered soap and are the basis for the common...