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This fish is using counterillumination to disappear. At left it stands out against the light above it. At right, with bioluminescent structures lit, it blends in.
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Fish Using Counterillumination

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Dover Sole Skin
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Close-Up of Dover Sole Skin

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A blenny fish against both a white and black backdrop, where you can see its beautiful color pattern.
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A New Fish DROP-ping In

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This bait ball shows how small fish can react when larger predators are near, gathering tightly together in a ball-like formation that exposes the least number of fish.
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Bait Ball

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X-ray image of a longnose butterflyfish
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X-Ray Image of a Longnose Butterflyfish

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Twin-spot snappers are curious top predators on Pacific coral reefs, eating a variety of fishes, shrimps, crabs, and snails among others, and are usually around 2.5 feet long.
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Curious Bohar

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Larvae sea bass looking at the adult version of itself with a black background.
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Are You My Mommy?

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The fins of the frogfish are perfect for creeping around in the algae and stalking unsuspecting prey.
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Frogfish Histrio histrio

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X-ray image of a slender snipe eel
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X-Ray Image of a Slender Snipe Eel

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A photo of a sea toad specimen.
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A Sub and a Sea Toad

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In the X-ray image of this Viper Moray Eel (Enchelynassa canina), note the second set of jaws in the “throat”; these are the gill arches, which are present in all fish.
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X-Ray Image of a Viper Moray Eel

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This aptly named fish has two long fangs.
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Fangtooth Fish

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