Scorpionfish adjust skin pattern contrast on different backgrounds

Scorpionfish adjust skin pattern contrast on different backgrounds

Abstract The two scorpionfish species Scorpaena maderensis and S. porcus are well camouflaged ambush predators that rapidly change body colouration to adjust to background colour in less than 1 min. We tested whether individuals of both species also adjust body pattern to that of the background. We...

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Main Authors: Leonie John, Matteo Santon, Nico K. Michiels
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2024-03-01
Series:Ecology and Evolution
Subjects:
background matching
camouflage
colour change
disruptive colouration
pattern energy analysis
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.11124

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https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.11124

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