Paper Parrot(@paperparrot_):Extremely rare bright yellow fish discovered in Lake Ontario USFWS biologists caught it on October 14 during an invasive species survey in Oswego Harbor on Lake Ontario. The yellow is from xanthochromism, which the agency says is considerably less common in wild fish than albinism. [📸: Colleen Keefer / USFWS, Brian Weidel / USGS]

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2026.11.11 21:43

Extremely rare bright yellow fish discovered in Lake Ontario USFWS biologists caught it on October 14 during an invasive species survey in Oswego Harbor on Lake Ontario. The yellow is from xanthochromism, which the agency says is considerably less common in wild fish than albinism. [📸: Colleen Keefer / USFWS, Brian Weidel / USGS]