[angling] is that fish you caught poisonous

A man died on Sunday in north Queensland, after eating what is believed to be a poisonous toadfish.

The 45-year-old Fijian man caught the fish off a jetty near Bowen on Sunday, police said. He filleted and cooked the fish on a barbecue on Sunday afternoon before collapsing on the beachfront.

An ambulance took him to Bowen Hospital but, attempts to revive him failed. Two other men with him at the barbecue survived. It was not known how much of the fish, if any, they had eaten. A post-mortem examination is due to be conducted today.

As a former keen fisherman, I wonder how many times I diced with death as we stayed overnight on our trailer sailor and caught our breakfast over the side the next morning, minus the fish guide. I suppose it's a little like eating mushrooms and toadstools.

The photo was the least unprintable I could find of this species. No further text but you can comment here.