Planehead Filefish CAROLYN MUNACO. Northern Stargazer CAROLYN MUNACO. Easter Emerald Elysia CAROLYN MUNACO. Oyster Toadfish CAROLYN MUNACO. Carolyn Munaco with some of her artwork.

Scrawled filefish feed on algae, seagrass, hydrozoans, gorgonians (soft corals) , colonial anemones, and tunicates. Their mouth is bizarrely shaped, at the end of a pointed snout.

The filefish smells like its camouflage to avert predators. Artificial camouflage skin mimics the octopus’ unparalleled morphing. Researchers develop octopus skin-inspired infrared camouflage.

Showa Kogyo, a metal processing firm in Kasugai, Aichi Prefecture, has developed a fish-gathering plate to attract thread-sail filefish as its first attempt in its 76-year history to create its ...

In contrast, the pygmy filefish’s dorsal fin motor neurons are located in a more typical position. “This comparison with other species suggests that motor neurons migrated during the evolution ...

The white-spotted pygmy filefish might look nothing like a frogfish and has no built-in fishing lure, but it is still a related species and can possibly tell us something.

In contrast, all of a filefish’s dorsal fin motor neurons are located solely in its ventrolateral zone. Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent ...

Unlike frogfish, the filefish uses its first dorsal fin to threaten other individuals and predators. Motor neurons of the filefish were found in the ventrolateral zone of the ventral horn, ...

Unlike frogfish, the filefish uses its first dorsal fin to threaten other individuals and predators. Motor neurons of the filefish were found in the ventrolateral zone of the ventral horn, ...

Quick facts about this adorable filefish! Taylor's inflator filefish (Brachaluteres taylori, puffer filefish, Taylor's pygmy leatherjacket). Taylor's inflator filefish facts!

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