Fish/Zoology Question

      • “Isaac Asomov’s Book of Facts” ISBN 0-8038-9347-7, page 126 says that there is only one species of fish with white blood. Which species, the damn book doesn’t say; only says “Antarctic species”. I can’t think of any vertebrate with white blood, making this not only the only fish with white blood, but also the only vertebrate as such. Anybody know what the species is? - MC

It’s this guy’s field of freakin’ study, but he doesn’t name the species. Perhaps he’d like e-mail…

I had fish when I was a kid. Once they came down with “ick”. What’s the actual name of the disease? Probably “ichthyo-something”.

I don’t know the name, either.

But, I did see a special on DSC or PBS about Antarctica, and they showed a fish who has some type of “anti-freeze” in its system.

Wonder if that’s the same critter.

From EB:


Marge: Your father is… resting.
Bart: “Resting” hung over? “Resting” got fired? Help me out here.

Oh, and Johnny, here’s a good description of “Ich”.

I don’t think the extended name was in the link provided by Alphagene.
It is Ichthyophthirius Multifiliis.
From…
http://www.biofilter.com/Ich.htm

Thanx, FF!

Ok, in the absence of hemoglobin, how do they transport O2?

Special Bonus Nitpik:
In humans, blood with the red cells removed is clear and slighly yellowish

EB again: