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Q. Which of the following releases toxins that may even kill other marine animals like fishes -

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Some dinoflagellates (e.g. Gonyaulax catenella) are poisonous to vertebrates. When they are present in large numbers, they produce a toxin called saxitoxin into the sea water, which kills fishes and other marine animals.