Boys' Life, May 1st, 2001
this prof puts the ick in incthyology.
The penny-colored Sargassum fish slumps like a lump of seaweed in Willy Bemis's palm. The rubbery little creature, only three inches long, is definitely weird-looking with that small, straw-like dorsal fin sticking out from its upper lip. Such strange sea life is nothing new to Professor Bemis, however. It's his business. That's why on a hot, sticky summer afternoon he's standing out in the sun on Dauphin Island in Mobile Bay, intently examining the Sargassum fish.
Professor Bemis is an ichthyologist (ick-thee-AWL-ogist)-a biologist who specializes in t...
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