fish mimicry

In addition to their protective colors, some fish also have body shapes that resemble The surrounding environment is very similar and becomes a true mimicry, which is more conducive to protecting one's own safety and hunting prey. For example, not only the shape and color of the poplar fish, but also its slow swaying movements are very similar to those of the surrounding algae. The leaf seahorse that inhabits the South Pacific has perfect mimicry. The outline of its body has many spine-like or membranous protrusions, and some protrusions turn into leaf-like flat bodies. When unfolded in the water, they look exactly like a piece of seaweed.

Whisker shark and angler The body has branched and membranous appendages, giving the entire body the appearance of a rock surrounded by seaweed. The ugly poisonous carp often buries half of its body in the sand and remains motionless, looking like a stone or lava. The gar resembles a piece of driftwood or a stake covered with sphagnum moss as it slowly and carefully swims toward its prey. The shape and color of the body of the single-tailed fish living in the Amazon River in South America is very much like a dead leaf. There is a short barbel at the front of the lower jaw, making the fish's body more like a dead leaf with a short stalk. The single-horned pufferfish, which has a slender body and green stripes on its surface, often turns its head downwards and stands upside down, letting its green fins swing slowly in the water, like whirling seaweed leaves.

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