Colour-changing fish have only one skin, but they use it to communicate social status, attract mates, avoid predators and more. So what happens when those functions collide?

This camouflage ability allows stingfish to ambush other, smaller fish for dinner. Bazarov noted that he filmed this fish during the day, a rare sight for an animal that is known to be nocturnal.

Open-ocean fish reveal an omnidirectional solution to camouflage in polarized environments. Science, 2015; 350 (6263): 965 DOI: 10.1126/science.aad5284 ...

In open-ocean fish, the elongated, six-sided platelets orient themselves parallel to the fish gills, and continually rotate 360° along their long axis to match the changing polarized background.

Chuan-Chin Chiao, J. Kenneth Wickiser, Justine J. Allen, Brock Genter, Roger T. Hanlon, Hyperspectral imaging of cuttlefish camouflage indicates good color match in the eyes of fish predators, ...

Here’s how it works. A "disruptive" camouflage pattern used by cuttlefish to blend into "chunky" backgrounds. (Image credit: Sarah Zylinski, Duke University) ...

Don’t think camo, think camouflage Having the right camouflage can be a key factor for hunters BY JOE MACALUSO | [email protected] Sep 2, 2015 4 min to read 1 of 11 ...