May 07, 2025 · 2 min

The Amazonian leaf fish is expertly camouflaged to look and behave like a drifting leaf, complete with markings that mimic veins and a leaf stem. It uses this disguise to ambush prey, deceiving other fish until it's too late. 

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Photo: Amazon leaffish (monocirrhus polyacanthus), Daiju Azuma, CC BY-SA 2.5, Wikimedia Commons, Changes Made.