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LSD MANDARINFISH  or PSYCHEDELIC MANDARINFISH (Synciropus picturatus)  © Laura Bertola To date, S. picturatus is one of only two animal species known to have blue colouring because of cellular pigment, the other being the closely related LSD-fish (S. splendidus). The name “cyanophore” was proposed for the blue chromatophores, or pigment-containing and light-reflecting cells. In all other known cases, the colour blue comes from thin-film interference from piles of flat, thin and reflecting purine crystals. Fact Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synchiropus_picturatus

LSD MANDARINFISH  or PSYCHEDELIC MANDARINFISH (Synciropus picturatus) 

© Laura Bertola

To date, S. picturatus is one of only two animal species known to have blue colouring because of cellular pigment, the other being the closely related LSD-fish (S. splendidus). The name “cyanophore” was proposed for the blue chromatophores, or pigment-containing and light-reflecting cells. In all other known cases, the colour blue comes from thin-film interference from piles of flat, thin and reflecting purine crystals.

Fact Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synchiropus_picturatus


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