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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 ...
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 ...
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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 ...
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 ...
Smithsonian Magazine

How Color-Changing Hogfish Use Their Skin to ‘See’ Themselves

Hogfish can change their color in less than a second to blend in with their surroundings. Reinhard Dirscherl \ ullstein bild via Getty Images Like a chameleon, a hogfish can quickly change the color ...
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Scientists Just Stumbled Upon The Secret Way Color-Changing Fish Recognize Themselves

We’ve long marveled at color-changing critters like squid, chameleons, cuttlefish, and others as they flash brilliant hues. Animals across species possess this ability for a suite of reasons, ...
Scientific American

How a Color-Changing Hogfish Knows whether Its Skin Is White, Brown or Polka-Dotted

Lorian Schweikert was fishing in the Florida Keys when she hooked a hogfish—a type of tasty wrasse that’s known for its ability to change colors to match its coral reef environment. Schweikert dropped ...