New Research Identifies First Warm-Blooded Fish

ENN
May 14, 2015, 3:53 pm16 pts
New research by NOAA Fisheries has revealed the opah, or moonfish, as the first fully warm-blooded fish that circulates heated blood throughout its body much like mammals and birds, giving it a competitive advantage in the cold ocean depths. The silvery fish, roughly the size of a large automobile tire, is…

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