How evolution shapes color diversity in coral reef fish

Why does a Caribbean angelfish sometimes resemble its Indo-Pacific cousin, even though they have never lived in the same ...

Peer pressure can make this clownfish change its stripes

Tomato clownfish, in response to an unpredictable world, appear capable of adjusting when they lose their stripes based on cues from other fish and their habitat, a new study in PLOS Biology finds.
ZME Science

Young Clownfish Can Literally Erase Their Stripes When They Feel Social Pressure

When a young tomato anemonefish (a cousin to the famous Nemo) arrives at a new home, it carries extra white stripes. These ...
Science Daily

This fish doesn't just see with its eyes -- it also sees with its skin

Without a mirror, it can be hard to tell if you're blushing, or have spinach in your teeth. But one color-changing fish has evolved a clever way to keep watch on the parts of itself that lie outside ...
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This fish changes its color like a chameleon. New research suggests it can “see” with its skin

When Lorian E. Schweikert, Ph.D., reeled in a hogfish on a fishing trip to the Florida Keys, she noticed something strange after setting it down on the deck of the boat. Hogfish are known for their ...
Phys.org

Mind's eye: How fish detect color and brightness with the brain's pineal gland

We see color because photoreceptor cones in our eyes detect light waves corresponding to red, green, and blue, while dimness or brightness is detected by photoreceptor rods. Many non-mammalian ...
IFLScience

Tiny Indonesian Color-Changing Fish Turns Black With Anger When Provoked

Eleanor has an undergraduate degree in zoology from the University of Reading and a master’s in wildlife documentary production from the University of Salford.View full profile Eleanor has an ...
Newsweek

Man Catches Rare Golden Fish Whose Unusual Color Is Caused by Mutation

A fisherman in Minnesota has caught a sunfish with a rare genetic mutation that makes its skin golden. Terry Nelson was fishing for sunfish and crappies on Lindstrom Lake, in Chisago County, when he ...
Scientific American

Blind Cave Fish May Trade Color for Energy

Astyanax mexicanus cave fish have adapted to an incredibly tough environment: chilly, pitch-dark caves that flood about once a year, providing brief feasts separated by long periods of starvation.
Digital Trends

Fortnite: All Toona Fish color bottle locations

As part of Fortnite chapter 2, season 8, players will be able to collect color bottles to customize the new Toona Fish character. To unlock each color for the Toona Fish, you’ll need to collect three ...
Chronicle

This Fish Doesn’t Just See With Its Eyes -- It Also Sees With Its Skin.

DURHAM, N.C. -- A few years ago while on a fishing trip in the Florida Keys, biologist Lori Schweikert came face to face with an unusual quick-change act. She reeled in a pointy-snouted reef fish ...