Fallen leaves on the water-bed: diurnal camouflage of three night active fish species in an Amazonian streamlet

Resemblance to dead leaves is a well known type of camouflage recorded for several small vertebrates that dwell in the leaf and root litter on the ground. We present here instances of such resemblance in three species of nocturnal fishes (Siluriformes and Gymnotiformes) that spend the daytime among...

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Main Authors: Ivan Sazima, Lucélia Nobre Carvalho, Fernando Pereira Mendonça, Jansen Zuanon
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Ictiologia
Series:Neotropical Ichthyology
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1679-62252006000100013&lng=en&tlng=en