Notothenioid Fishes of the Antarctic (IMAGE)

North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences

Notothenioid Fishes of the Antarctic

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Some of the over 100 species of notothenioid fishes in the Antarctic. Researchers have found that these fishes mirror the genetics of human bone disease states to float at different levels in the water column.

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T. Near

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