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Image ID: 10007711
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Caption: Ice Fish (Champsocephalus gunnari) Ice Fish is particularly famous as it is the only vertebrate that completely lacks haemoglobin (red blood cells) in its blood. This image is associated with the 2005-2010 BAS science programme: DISCOVERY 2010- Integrating Southern Ocean Ecosystems into the Earth System.
Keywords: Champsocephalus gunnari | DISCOVERY 2010 | fisheries | ice fish
Location: King Edward Point , KEP, Research Station, South Georgia
Season: 2003/2004
Photographer: Pete Bucktrout
Image size (pixels): 4944 x 3328