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Hiding in Plain Sight: Camouflage in Open Ocean Fish (University of Connecticut)

Edit Public Technologies 23 Nov 2015
(Source ... Many fish have polarized vision, however, and for open ocean fish in the family Carangidae - think Bigeye Scad and Lookdowns - the primary means of escaping from predators, according to a new study, is reflecting light in such a way that in an emergency they just 'disappear.' ... In silvery Carangidae, these platelets have evolved to help fish be best hidden from the direction in which they're most often being chased ... Ph.D ... (noodl....

Camouflage Trick That Makes Fish Seemingly Disappear Revealed

Edit IFL Science 21 Nov 2015
The proverbial sailor who went to sea and saw nothing but the deep blue sea may in fact have been fooled by the amazing camouflage capabilities of open-ocean fish ... To conduct the experiment, marine scientists used a polarimeter to measure the reflection of polarized light produced by two open-ocean species of fish from the Carangidae family, comparing this to other fish from reef and coastal habitats ... ....

Scientists discover how ocean fish magically disappear. Now the Navy wants to know

Edit Stars and Stripes 20 Nov 2015
The U.S ... Although the study focused mostly on just two types of fish, the scad and lookdown are members of a family called the Carangidae, a bountiful clan that includes the white ulua, bluefin trevally, mackeral scad, rainbow runner and a collection of jacks ... Beneath the water's surface, fish in the Carangidae clan have found a way to detect variations in polarized light waves and use it to conceal themselves in plain sight ...   ... ....

Fishing for Jack Crevalle

Edit About.com 05 Jun 2015
The jack crevalle, (caranx hippos), is a species within the family Carangidae that is found in the tropical and temperate waters of the Americas ranging from Nova Scotia down through the Gulf of Mexico, Sea of Cortez and into the tropical Eastern Pacific. Most of the fish caught by sport anglers range between 2 to 12 pounds, but they can grow to a weight of 50 pounds or more ... These are the best times to target them while using lures ... ....

Davao Gulf: Rich spawning ground

Edit Sun Star 06 Sep 2014
DAVAO Gulf is indeed a rich spawning ground of not just small pelagic fishes, but big ones as well, like tuna. This much can be gleaned from the presentation of the resource assessment in Davao Gulf by the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources 11 last month. The resource assessment was made to further back up the need for a closed season at the gulf ... At third are the Carangidae or jacks, pompanos, and scads ... To wit. ... Jonathan O ... ....
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