Again, from wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longhorn_cowfish):
All boxfish carry the toxin -- just because you haven't seen posts about it doesn't change that... As beautiful of fish as they are, IMO, they belong in the sea.If severely stressed, this species may be able to exude deadly toxin, ostracitoxin, an ichthyotoxic, hemolytic, heat-stable, non-dialyzable, non-protein poison in the mucous secretions of their skin. It is apparently unique among known fish poisons; it is toxic to boxfish and resembles red tide and sea cucumber toxins in general properties.
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