This #fish doesn't just see with its eyes, it also sees with its skin https://phys.org/news/2023-08-fish-doesnt-eyes-skin.html
Dynamic light filtering over dermal opsin as a sensory feedback system in fish color change https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-023-40166-4
"the #hogfish is known for its color-changing skin. The species can morph from white to mottled to reddish-brown in a matter of milliseconds to blend in with #corals, sand or rocks... Can hogfish detect light using only their skin, independently of their eyes and brain?"
A few years ago while on a fishing trip in the Florida Keys, biologist Lori Schweikert came face to face with an unusual quick-change act. She reeled in a pointy-snouted reef fish called a hogfish and threw it onboard. But later when she went to put it in a cooler she noticed something odd: its skin had taken on the same color and pattern as the deck of the boat.