description Mirrorbelly Overview
Sternoptyx hatchetfishes use highly reflective, guanine-crystal ventral surfaces to scatter downwelling light, concealing their silhouette from deeper predators looking upward.
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Mirrorbelly ranks #82 of 196 in the Deep Sea Fish ranking, behind Luminous Hake, ahead of California Headlightfish.
Mirrorlike ventral camouflage is scientifically interesting, but reputation remains niche.
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