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Fish with and without Thiaminase
Contributed by Grayson Michael

One of my friends found a good of list of fish with and without thiaminase. I've pasted it here. Fish is a great food source for tegus, but make sure it's healthy!

Unsafe fish (Species reported to contain thiaminase)

Alewife (Alosa pseudoharengus)

Anchovies (Anchoa hepsetus) 

Anchovies (Engraulis mordax) 

Bass (white) (Lepibema chrysops) 

Black quahog (Artica islandica) 

Bowfin (dogfish) (Amia calva) 

Bream (Abramis brama) 

Buckeye shiner (Notropus atherionoides) 

Buffalofish (Ictiobus cyprinellus) 

Bull Head (Ameirurus m. melas) 

Burbot (Lota lota maculosa) 

Burbot (Lota lota) 

Butterfish (Poronotus triacanthus) 

Carp (Cyprinus carpio) 

Catfish (channel) (Ictalurus laccustris punctatus) 

Clams (chowder, steamer, cherrystone) 

Fathead minnow (Primephales p. promelas) 

Garfish (garpike) 

Goldfish (Carassius auratus) 

Herring (Baltic) (Clupea harengus var. membranus) 

Herring (Clupea harengus) 

Lamprey (adult) (Petromyzon marintus) 

Mackerel (Scomber japonicas) (Pacific) 

Menhaden (Brecoortia tyrannus) 

Menhaden (large scale) (Brecoortia patronus) 

Moray eel (Gymnothorax ocellatus) 

Mussel (bigtoe) (Pluerobema cordatum) 

Razor belly (scaled sardine) (Harengula pensacolae) 

Sauger (Stizostedion c. canadense) 

Scallop (Placopecten grandis) 

Sculpin (Myooxocephalus quadricornis thompsonii) 

Shad (gizzard) (Dorosoma cepedianum) 

Shiner (spottail) (Notropis hudsonius) 

Smelt (freshwater) (Rainbow)(Osmerus mordax) 

Stoneroller (central) (Campostoma anomalum pullum) 

Sucker (common white) (Catostomus c. commersonii) 

White bass (Lepimbema chrysops) 

Whitefish (Prosopium cylindraceum quadriaterale) 

Whitefish (Coregonus clupeaformis)

Safe fish (Species reported not to contain thiaminase)

Ayu (Plecoglossus altivelis) 

Bass (largemouth) (Huro salmoides) 

Bass (rock) (Ambloplites r. rupestris) 

Bass (smallmouth) (Micropterus d. dolomieu) 

Black backs (pseudopleuronectes americanus) 

Bluegill (Lepomis m. macrochirus) 

Chub (bloater) (Coregonus hoyi) 

Cod (Gadus morrhua) 

Crappie (Pomoxis nigro-maculatus) 

Croaker (Micropogon undulatus) 

Cunner (Tautogolabrus adspersus) 

Cusk (Brosme brosme) 

Cutlassfish (silver eel) (Trichiurus lepturus) 

Dogfish (squalus acanthias) 

Eel (anguilla rostrata) 

Gar (northern longnose) (Lepisosteus osseus oxyurus) 

Haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus) 

Halibut (Hippoglossus hippoglossus) 

Hake (Urophycis spp.) 

Herring (Leucichthys artedi areturus) 

King whiting (ground whiting) (Menticirrhus americanus) 

Lemon sole (Psuedopleuronectes americanus dignabilis) 

Lizard Fish (Synodus foetens) 

Mackerel (Scomber scombrus) 

Mullet (Mugil spp.) 

Perch (yellow) (Perca flavescens) 

Pike (northern) (Esox lucius) 

Pike (wall-eyed) (stizostedion vitreum) 

Plaice (Canadian) (Hippoglossoides platessoides) 

Pollock (Pollachitus virens) 

Porgy (scup) (Stenotomus aculeatus) 

Porgy (scup) (Stenotomus chrysops) 

Pumpkinseed (Lepomis gibbosus) 

Redfish (Sebastes marinus) 

Salmon (Salmo salar) 

Salmon (Coho) (Oncorhynchus kisutch) 

Seabass (c entropristis striatas) 

Sea catfish (galeichthys felis) 

Sea robin (Prionotus spp.) 

Smelt (pond) (Hypomesus olidus) 

Spot (Leiostomus xanthurus) 

Squid (Loligo brevis) 

Tautog (blackfish) (Tautoga onitis) 

Trout (brown) (Salmo trutta fario) 

Trout (lake) (Christiconer n. namaycush) 

Trout (rainbow) (Salmo gairdnerii irideus) 

White trout (Cynoscion nothus) 

White trout (Cynoscion avenarius) 

Whiting (Merluccius bilinearis) 

Yellow tails



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    • Tegu Photos >
      • Memorial Page
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    • First Year With Your Tegu
    • Keeping Tegus On A Budget
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    • Whole Prey Stores
    • Why Whole Prey
    • Fish with and without Thiaminase
  • Tegu Care Facts
    • Tegu Temperatures
    • Sexing Your Tegu
    • Free Roaming
    • Housing >
      • How to build an Enclosure
      • Safe plants for Tegu & enclosures.
    • Taming >
      • Handling Your Tegu
    • Lighting & Heat & Humidity
    • Substrate >
      • Bio-Active Substrate
      • Safe plants for reptiles & enclosures.
    • Hibernation
  • Tegu Health Section
    • Salmonella
    • Respiratory Tract Infection
    • Scale Rot
    • MBD - Metabolic Bone Disease
    • Internal parasites
    • Impaction
    • Dehydration
    • Prolapse >
      • Infectious Cloacitis
    • Regenerated, and dropping tails
  • All About Breeding
    • Making a Home Made Incubator
  • Fun Facts & Stories
    • Colombians Vs. Argentines >
      • Colombian Tegu CareSheet
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