Reef fish get riled when intruders glow red

Male fairy wrasses get feisty when a rival fluoresces

RED MESSAGE  In the mostly blue world of a coral reef, a male fairy wrasse (left, illuminated with white light) will take note when one of its kind sports a fluorescent red glow (right, under blue light).

T. Gerlach et al/Proc. Roy. Soc. B. 2014

Even in the blue underwater realm, fish can see red in more ways than one.