Coral reef fishes, including clownfish, display a wide variety of colors but it remains unclear how these colors evolved or how they develop throughout a fish's life. Research published in BMC Biology ...

Over the course of evolutionary history, some species of clown fish gradually lost stripes, resulting in today's range of color patterns. The research team would like to follow up by identifying the ...

Coral reef fish are known for the wide range of colors and patterns they display, but the mechanisms governing the acquisition of these characteristics are still poorly understood. These researchers ...