October 19, 2007
The One That Got Away ... Until Now
Scientists at the University of Washington have caught an albino ratfish that is not only extremely rare but bafflingly long-lived. Found in waters off Whidbey Island, Wash., it had survived to more than two years of age even though its white color, crystalline skin, and pale green eyes should have made it easy pickings for the dogfish that troll the region.
The footlong female is the only completely albino fish ever seen by researchers at the university's 7.2-million-specimen fish
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