Stock Photo - The ability of the painted frogfish Antennarius pictus to merge into its background is quite astounding Here the fish is using an orange colouration to help it remain unseen when set against a background of similarly coloured sponge This gives advantage in both defence and attack Other examples of this species may occur in different colour forms As in this case the colour will usually be determined by that of surrounding sessile marine life To 160 mm Red Sea and entire tropical Indian Ocean to mid Pacific

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