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Fluorescent Fish?

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Date: 2014-01-12 16:11:12
Blog: Geology.com News
URL: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Geologycom/~3/vjy_mSvDjso/fluorescent-fish.shtml

Summary:

“Fish biofluorescence is especially common and morphologically variable in cryptically patterned coral-reef lineages. We identified 16 orders, 50 families, 105 genera, and more than 180 species of biofluorescent fishes.” Quoted from the PLOS ONE abstract. Related: Fluorescent Minerals

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Keywords:

biofluorescent fishes., Coral Reefs, coral-reef lineages, families, Fish biofluorescence, Fluorescent Fish, Fluorescent Minerals, genera, orders, PLOS

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