Overview:-
- Flounder fish is an excellent example of adaptive camouflaging. They can easily alter the body color depend on the habitat. Flounders are usually found in brown color with different markings. It will change when they move to a new habitat. In fact, the flounders can blend in with any new habitat in just 5-8 seconds.
- Once a flounder fish reaches in a new habitat, their body will use the light received through the retina to detect the color of the surface. Then the body will release different pigments to the skill cells to turn into the color of new habitat. In addition to the camouflage technique, flounders have nocturnal behavior, only hunt at night. It makes them hard to detect by the potential predators like sharks and eels.
Interesting Facts About Flounder
- Flounders can grow up to a length of 5 to 25 inches.
- They usually remain motionless on the seafloor and blend in with the surroundings.
- Flounders make surprise attack on preys including crabs, shrimps and small fishes.
- Flounders uses their vision, hormones and specialized skin cells to change the color in accordance with the surroundings.
