Arctic Snailfish with Freeze Proteins

Scientists have discovered a fluorescent snailfish (Liparis gibbus) with antifreeze proteins coursing through its veins beneath a Greenland glacier.

By doing this, snailfish may stop ice crystals from building up in their cells and bodily fluids.

About the Discovery

The first known Arctic bio fluorescent fish is also a result of the discovery of the Greenland snailfish.
According to experts, it is uncommon for a marine animal to display fluorescence, the property that allows some living things, such as fish and insects, to absorb sunlight and reemit it as a distinct hue.
Notothenioid fishes were once noted for having an antifreeze substance in their bloodstream that protects them from dying from hypothermia.

About Snailfish

The Liparidae is a family of marine scorpaeniform fishes, also referred to as snailfish or sea snails.
In the dark northern seas, the snailfish emits bio fluorescence that enables it to glow both green and red.
The only polar fish known to exhibit fluorescence is the snailfish. An organism's capacity to change blue light into green, red, or yellow light is known as bio fluorescence.
In the Arctic, Antarctic, and North Atlantic oceans as well as the North Pacific, snailfish can be found.

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Source: The Hindu

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