It is a camouflage to help them ambush prey. Try looking at one and focusing on the whole fish, your eyes want to dart around confusingly and that moment of confusion might equal a meal for the fish.
bright colours to blend in with coral
bright colours to blend in with coral
The bright colours r Yellow, Red and blue .
Bright neon colours (hot pink, neon yellow etc.) and pastel colours
A fish's colours fade when it is depressed and/or lonely. When it is back with a small school of the same breed, its colours reappear and it will be more active. Also, some tropical fish food has colour enhancing ingredients that make the fish's scales more glossy and bright.
Yellow, bright colours.
Bright neon colours (hot pink, neon yellow etc.) and pastel colours
Guppys (Lebistes reticulatus) have been selected and bred for their spectacular colours and flowing fins over many years. The wild fish is nothing like the domesticated fish. The wording of your question implies that bright colours do in fact attract predators. In reality bright colours can also act as very effective camoflage in the wild.
Some would say that they are emo's but i would say that people who wear bright colours are ravers
Clown fish are brightly coloured, and depending on the species, not just orange and white, some are yellow and white. It is thought that the bright colours entice small fish near enough for the anemone to sting and eat. The Clown fish benefits from scraps left over, and the stinging tentacles wards off the Clown fish predators.
Bright colours state authority. Immune to the sting of an anemone making a safe shelter for a clownfish to hide from other predators as they cannot get inside the anemone without being stung
The fish is obviously doing well. It is showing its breeding colours. It is in breeding condition and is a male.