A new study has shown that the dottyback, a small predatory reef fish, can change the color of its body to imitate a variety of other reef fish species, allowing the dottyback to sneak up undetected ...

William Feeney receives funding from the Australian Geographic, the Australian National University and an Australian Endeavour Award. Fabio Cortesi receives funding from the Janggen-Poehn Foundation, ...

Predators come in all shapes and sizes and the Australian Dusky Dottyback, which lives in the Great Barrier Reef, is a testament to the fact. The scientific name for the Dusky Dottyback is ...

This fish is adorably called the dottyback. It’s not big. It’s not dangerous. It is cool, because it’s one of the few creatures that can change color at will. For a long time, scientists believed it ...

A small Australian fish has shown itself to be a real wolf in sheep's clothing by changing colour to mimic its neighbours. The dottyback takes on the appearance of other fish so that it can sneak up ...

Behold the dusky dottyback, con artist of the coral reef. Bright, lithe and no longer than your index finger, these Australian reef-dwelling fish may look innocent. But they are actually lethal ...

Basel Zoologists are unveiling the colorful secrets of coral reefs: On the Australian Great Barrier Reef they discovered a coral reef fish, the dusky dottyback that flexibly adapts its coloration to ...

A bubble coral that resembles underwater daisies and a decorated garden eel are among the nine potentially new species discovered in Bali's coral reefs, researchers just announced. Heteroconger -- ...

A new study has shown that the dottyback, a small predatory reef fish, can change the colour of its body to imitate a variety of other reef fish species, allowing the dottyback to sneak up undetected ...