Visual signals, such as color patterns are an important communication medium for anemonefish. Researchers from Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology have recently elucidated how the patterns on ...

Scientists have solved the mystery of why some closely-related species of an iconic reef fish have vastly different colour patterns, while others look very similar. Scientists have solved the mystery ...

Growing up, you probably changed your style based on your social influences. It turns out, such pressures affect the appearance of young clownfish (anemonefish) too. A new study from the Okinawa ...

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A lot of people expect fish to just drift around the tank and mind their business. Then they notice certain species waiting ...

In our newly published research in Science Advances, my student Ben Alessio and I propose a potential mechanism explaining how these distinctive patterns form—that could potentially be applied to ...

DEAR NOLA’S MOM: These peppy little fish, also known as Siamese fighting fish are customarily kept as solo pets. The main colors include: blue, red, turquoise, yellow, white and orange — and there are ...

Scientists have developed a model that predicts six tropical fish species will expand into northern parts of Japan as sea temperatures rise. Scientists have developed a model that predicts six ...

A huge fish shipment arrived at Summerland Tropical Fish Farm earlier than expected, with thousands of new arrivals needing ...

A fight between two juvenile tomato anemonefishes of a similar size, filmed in the wild. These highly territorial fish recognize each other by their color patterns and size. Growing up, you probably ...