American paddlefish leucistic

Photo By/Credit

Stukel, Sam/USFWS

Date Shot/Created
08/07/2018
Media Usage Rights/License
Public Domain
Image
Leucism is a condition in which there is a lack of pigmentation causing a normally-dark animal to be pale or white (other than the eyes). A few of these show up every year in the Gavins Point National Fish Hatchery in Yukton, South Dakota.
Subject tags
Fishes
Fisheries
Fish hatcheries
Endangered and/or Threatened species
Aquatic animals