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Census of Marine Life

Chionodraco hamatus

Caption: Chionodraco hamatus, an Antarctic ice fish, can withstand temperatures that freeze the blood of all other fish types. This finger-lengthed juvenile was photographed in 2008.

Credit: Russ Hopcroft, University of Alaska Fairbanks / CoML

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