“…Neoplasms in fish have been reported as spontaneous individual cases, idiopathically in epizootic proportions, and following chemical induction in laboratory fish. Specific neoplasms reported in fish include squamous cell carcinoma, 13,24,31,39,42,51 infiltrative tubular carcinoma, 40 adenocarcinoma, 25 exocrine pancreatic carcinoma, 25 intestinal carcinoma, 25 soft-tissue sarcoma, 36,47 hemangiosarcoma, 20,47 rhabdomyosarcoma, 25,47 lepidosarcoma, 47 fibrosarcoma, 47 neu-ronal embryonal tumors, 23,46 lymphoma, 3,5,10,11,18,19,25,26,45,47,48 malignant ovarian germ cell tumor, 21,22,28 malignant nerve sheath tumor, 2,47 melanoma, 35,46 and a variety of benign tumors. 12,16,30,32,38,44,46,47,50 There are well-documented causes for fish neoplasia, such as a retrovirus causing walleye dermal sarcoma.…”