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| | Hide and See: Science News Online, Nov. 6, 2004 |
 | | Although the fish may dazzle the human eye with scarlet, rose, yellow, turquoise, emerald, and dozens of other shades, some theorists have proposed that, in the complexity of a reef, the riot of fish colors serves as camouflage. |
 | | Calculations based on fish vision suggest that from a distance yellows blend in with a generic reef background, and the blues fade into vistas of water. |
 | | Close-ups of fish skin reveal the abundance of dramatic colors that has inspired theorists for more than a century, though plenty of their ideas about the evolutionary forces behind the colors haven't held up. |
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