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After Rainbow Fish dutifully relinquishes a shiny scale to a grateful swimmer ... routes made possible by international capitalism (the book has been translated into more than 50 languages ...

With shiny, multi-colored scales, Rainbow Fish is the most beautiful fish in ... be admired for being kind than for being beautiful. Book, Music and Lyrics by Austin Zumbro.

I'll give you a quick rundown of the book in case you've never opened it: basically, there's this fish with eye-catching, unique scales, which sets him apart from other fish in the sea.

The origins of the enamel that gives our teeth their bite is no ordinary fish tale ... more clues. Gar scales, like those of Andreolepis and Psarolepis, are covered by a shiny enamel-like substance.

But that’s just because it’s hiding in the wrong place. In the ocean, those silver scales help fish to disappear into their surroundings, concealing them from predators.

Fish have developed this ability over millions of years of evolution, embodied in their shiny scales. And now, a new study – published on Monday in Nature Photonics – suggests this natural ...