Article: MYSTERY AILMENT KILLS FLORIDA'S TROPICAL FISH.(News/National/International)

Byline: Associated Press

MIAMI -- Biologists are investigating a mysterious ailment that is killing reef-dwelling fish off the shore of southeastern Florida and the Keys, The Miami Herald reports.

Scientists suspect the culprit could be a parasite or natural toxin, perhaps from poisonous algae, the newspaper said.

Similar fish kills have been reported as far away as Venezuela, said Jan Landsberg, research administrator at the state Department of Environmental Protection Marine Research Institute in St. Petersburg, Fla.

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