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Daytime eyeshine contributes to pupil camouflage in a cryptobenthic marine fish
Ocular reflectors enhance eye sensitivity in dim light, but can produce reflected eyeshine when illuminated. Some fish can occlude their reflectors during the day. The opposite is observed in cryptic sit-and-wait predators such as scorpionfish and toadfish, where reflectors are occluded at night and...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
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Nature Publishing Group UK
2018
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5943592/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29743512 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-25599-y |