Credit: Wakida-Kusunoki, Anislado-Tolentino, Del Moral-Flores and Castro |
A commercial angler off the coast of Mexico hauled in their nets and noticed an odd-colored fish tangled within. The shiny catch turned out to be a first-of-its-kind record. Elain Pérez Pérez caught the “abnormal” orange sea creature while fishing near Tabasco in May 2021 and took it to a port, according to a study published Dec. 17 in the peer-reviewed journal Acta Ichthyologica et Piscatoria. There, scientists identified the fish as a common snook showing xanthochromism.
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