The harlequin filefish, also called the orange spotted filefish or Oxymonacanthus longirostris, is a blue and yellow spotted fish that eats the same coral it calls home.

To test if smelling like coral reduced the ability of predators to detect filefish in the surrounding habitat, we ran a second experiment, this time using large predatory blue-spotted rock cod.

In Fiji, a ray with light blue spots and a mask-like pattern on its face began appearing in the country’s fish markets. It closely resembled other species, but displayed several key differences ...

In Fiji, a ray with light blue spots and a mask-like pattern on its face began appearing in the country’s fish markets. It closely resembled other species, but displayed several key differences ...

In Fiji, a ray with light blue spots and a mask-like pattern on its face began appearing in the country’s fish markets. It closely resembled other species, but displayed several key differences ...

In Fiji, a ray with light blue spots and a mask-like pattern on its face began appearing in the country’s fish markets. It closely resembled other species, but displayed several key differences ...