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Chen, ZM, J Yang, HM Chen & JC Ran, 2015. A grotesque variant of Silurus asotus (Teleostei: Siluridae) from Hongshuihe River basin, Guizhou, China. Iranian Journal of Fisheries Sciences 14: 734–740.
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That is nuts - collected in 1993 no less.

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Bizarre!
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Physical damage to embryo or mutation to the actinodin genes?
Here's the definition of actinodin as read out seemingly by the V'Ger entity https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCv2BKfvvHk
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