Rare bright yellow fish pulled from sea in ‘one in a million’ catch’

The Aquatic Invasive Species survey team from the Lower Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife Conservation Office displays their rare find of an unusually colored burbot (Picture: USFWS/Cover Images)

Wildlife biologists have made a ‘one in a million’ catch: a bright yellow fish.

The colourful discovery was made during a routine survey in Oswego Harbour, New York.

The burbot (Lota lota), a native freshwater species, was found to have an unusual genetic condition known as xanthochromism, which gives it a striking yellow-orange appearance.

The fish was caught last month by biologists from the US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) during an Aquatic Invasive Species Surv...