Inconspicuous breeding coloration to conceal eggs during mouthbrooding in male cardinalfish

Summary: Animals exhibit colorations optimal for their niche, which hides their existence from other organisms. In Apogoninae fishes, the father broods their egg inside their mouth. Since the color of eggs is different from parental fish, it can disrupt the optimal camouflage coloration of parental...

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Main Authors: Hikaru Ishihara, Shinji Kanda
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2024-12-01
Series:iScience
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589004224027172
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