Leucophores will also reflect any filtered light shown on them, for instance, they will reflect green light if green is presented to them (Mathger et al., 2009). Unlike iridophores, leucophores do ...

Loss of sox10 and sox5 genes results in complex changes in numbers of shiny leucophores in medaka fish. Upper fish shows a normal, wild-type medaka -- note the line of shiny leucophores along the ...

Each cuttlefish has around 10 million, and they turn them on and off like lights to create patterns. They also have cells called leucophores which help by reflecting the light of their surroundings.

Known for their incredible color-changing capabilities, cuttlefish use specialized skin cells called chromatophores, ...

Their top layer has a dye that is either black or transparent, depending on temperature, while the second, passive layer mimics the leucophores giving off a constant white light, and the bottom ...

Like leaf scorpionfish, cuttlefish have chromatophores, but they go a step further by having specialized skin cells called iridophores and leucophores. These additional cells enable cuttlefish to ...