I quickly just looked it up on Wikipedia and I guess they are trying to create a shark repellent haha.From Wiki....
Pardachirus marmoratus, also known as the
finless sole or the
Moses sole is a small fish from the
Red Sea that secretes a milky substance from the base of its
dorsal and
anal fins. This substance is known to repel
sharks. This poison is known to freeze the sharks jaw. Dr.
Eugenie Clark discovered this fact, and carried out much of the research on this fish. It is now known that scientists are trying to make a man made version of the fish's defensive toxin, as a spray-on shark repellent, with the man made version known by the chemical name
pardaxin, derived from the Moses Sole's 'Pardachirus' general name. They appear similar to a
flounder. There is a myth that while
Moses was splitting the Red Sea, this poor fish was caught in the middle and was split in half. The Moses fish is edible only when you wash it in red wine.