From: Pierre@home.be (Pierre)
Subject: Aquatic Life - 2d part > File 03 of 13 - PO_AL_015_Baudroie 2.jpg
Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2000 17:04:11 GMT
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In Haplophryne mollis (=Edriolychnus schmidti), the vascular systems of the male and female become integrated, most of the male's organs degenerate, and, as a result, he becomes nothing more than a male reproductive organ attached to the female (Bertelsen, 1951). At this point, it is questionable whether what remains is a female with a parasitic male or a single hermaphroditic fish.