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IN the toad, Xenopus laevis Daudin, two specimens have been described completely lacking hæmoglobin1,2. I have been able myself to study a teleost fish without hæmoglobin, namely, an adult male of the cichlid Cichlasoma severum (Heckel).
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STOLK, A. Lack of Hæmoglobin in a Fish. Nature 185, 625–626 (1960). https://doi.org/10.1038/185625a0
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