About this episode
This episode discusses the importance of color in fish for various purposes such as camouflage and mate selection.
Color is important to fish. It’s used for camouflage, mate selection and defense. While easily seen in tropical aquarium fish, our native fishes also have special colors.
People in this episode
Host: Josh Hartwig
Topics covered
- fish
- color
- camouflage
- mate selection
- defense
- native fishes
Keywords
- fish
- color
- camouflage
- mate selection
- native fishes
- defense
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Places: Missouri
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