Does soil color affect fish evolution? Differences in color change rate between lineages of the sailfin tetra

ABSTRACT Several organisms match their skin color to the prevalent background color, granting crypsis against predators. The rate at which body color changes occur varies among organisms as a result of physiological constraints and adaptation to variation in contrasts between objects and the environ...

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Main Authors: Kalebe S. Pinto, Tiago H. S. Pires, Gabriel Stefanelli-Silva, Bruno S. Barros, Elio A. Borghezan, Jansen Zuanon
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Ictiologia 2020-06-01
Series:Neotropical Ichthyology
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1679-62252020000200204&tlng=en