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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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Autores principales: Santon, Matteo, Bitton, Pierre-Paul, Harant, Ulrike K., Michiels, Nico K.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: 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