Dragonfish (IMAGE)

Duke University

Dragonfish

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The dragonfish and many other midwater predators have light-producing organs to shine on and detect prey. But the crustacean Cystisoma, at right, grows an antireflective brush structure on its legs that diffuses light, enabling it to hide in plain sight.

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Photo illustration by Laura Bagge with Dragonfish by Sönke Johnsen, <i>Cystisoma</i> by Karen Osborn.

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