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Same fish, different camouflage

December 8, 2017/in Blog

Sometimes fish will change their appearance by compressing and expanding their scales to make them look darker or lighter.  Here are two bass from the same tank in our aquarium.  One likes to hide near the bottom, one on the darker side of the tank.  Can you guess which one hides where?

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