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"Antarctic icefish belong to the perciform suborder Notothenioidei and are the largely endemic, dominant fish taxa in the cold continental shelf waters surrounding Antarctica. At present, the suborder includes eight familieswith 43 genera and 122 species. Although the Southern Ocean is relatively well sampled, new species of notothenioids are still being described."
Because this fish's blood contains no red blood cells, its internal colour is unexpected.
This classification of fish is identified by its skeleton, and not by its external colour.
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Where do Antarctic Ice fish live?
The Antarctic of course.
Fish in antarctica?
krill,flat frill head fish, ice fish,polar fish,plunder fish,Antarctic toothfish,Antarctic dragonfish,antarctic cods
What does ice fish mean?
An ice fish is a species of fish that lives in the Antarctic. It has anti-freeze blood to stop the fish from dying.
In Antarctica how do the fish get in the ice to hide?
Fish do not travel in ice, fish travel in liquid water. Fish remain in the Southern Ocean even when the sea ice freezes from the top. There are no fish in the ice sheet that covers 98% of the Antarctic continent.
What have transplant surgeons learned from Antarctic ice fish?
that the fish has no blood and all there body parts are white.
What animal eats a Antarctic Ice Fish?
penguin, polar bear, sea lion......
What is blue ice in the Antarctic?
Ice contained in the ice sheet tends to appear blue because that is the colour of the sky. The ice is old enough to have been pressed free of all minerals. The ice is crystal clear, because it is mineral-free. It reflects the colour of the environment where it lays.
What kind of fish are there in antarctica?
Most of the fish in Antarctica belong to the Notothenioidea group. There are four types of fish in this group including the Antarctic cod, the Dragon fish, the Plunder fish, and the Ice fish. Out of these four, the Ice fish is the most unusual because of how it has evolved to survive in the harsh, icy waters of the Antarctic. This cold blooded fish lacks haemoglobin, the red pigment found in blood which transports oxygen throughout the body. Instead, the oxygen is carried in the plasma. The absence of haemoglobin in its blood allows the Ice fish to produce more glycoprotein, a chemical which acts as a type of anti-freeze in the fish's blood, preventing them from freezing. Other fish in the Antarctic include the eel-pout, tooth fish, and snail-fish.
What level of the ocean do Antarctic ice fish live in?
Not only does it depend on the species of fish it also depends on the predators too.
How do Ice fish survive in Antarctica?
Antarctica is a continent. Fish are sea animals. The Southern Ocean habitat -- that surrounds the Antarctic continent -- is native to fish that survive and thrive there.
How much is the percent of the ice in the antarctica?
One hundred percent of the ice...in the Antarctic, is ice in the Antarctic.
What is one small Antarctic fish?
A type of small Antarctic fish is silverfish
