Scabbardfish (<i>Lepidopus fitchi</i>) (IMAGE)

Emory Health Sciences

Scabbardfish (<i>Lepidopus fitchi</i>)

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The scabbardfish (Lepidopus fitchi) is now the only fish known to have switched from ultraviolet to violet vision, or the ability to see blue light.

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Carol Clark, Emory University

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