Ultra-black Camouflage in Deep-Sea Fishes

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Davis et al. investigate the distribution and production of ultra-black camouflage in deep-sea fishes. These fishes have a continuous layer of melanosomes in the dermis that are optimized in size and shape to allow them to reflect <0.5% of light. Sighting distance models suggest low reflectance reduces predator sighting distance up to 6-fold.

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Davis, A. L., Thomas, K. N., Goetz, F. E., Robison, B. H., Johnsen, S., & Osborn, K. J. (2020). Ultra-black Camouflage in Deep-Sea Fishes. Current Biology, 30(17), 3470-3476.e3. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2020.06.044

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