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The 18 pages that link to Counterillumination, each with the reason it gives.

• BioluminescenceBroader topic: It is a specialized bioluminescent strategy for avoiding detection from below.

• Mesopelagic zoneRelated: Some mesopelagic animals use it to hide their silhouettes from predators below.

• CountershadingCompared with: Both can conceal aquatic animals, but counterillumination adds light while countershading uses pigment.

• Bathypelagic zoneBroader topic: It helps some midwater animals conceal their silhouettes in dim boundary waters.

• PhotophoreRelated: Ventral photophores help open-water animals conceal themselves from predators below.

• LanternfishRelated: Many lanternfish use ventral light to soften their silhouette against the surface above.

• DragonfishRelated: Ventral photophores can conceal dragonfish silhouettes from predators looking upward.

• Mesopelagic fishBroader topic: Some species conceal their silhouettes from predators below by matching faint surface light.

• Bacterial bioluminescenceRelated: Bacterial light helps some marine animals conceal their silhouettes from predators below.

• ViperfishRelated: Some deep-sea fishes use light organs to reduce their silhouette; this is a distinct function from prey attraction.

• Vampire squidCompared with: Unlike many counterilluminating animals, it uses light chiefly in defensive displays.

• Yellow-lipped sea kraitRelated: The pale underside may reduce contrast when the snake is viewed underwater.

• Aliivibrio fischeriRelated: Light from symbiotic A. fischeri helps the squid match the brightness of the water above.

• Cookiecutter sharkRelated: Its ventral glow may conceal its silhouette from prey looking upward.

• MyctophiformesRelated: Ventral photophores can conceal lanternfishes from predators below.

• StomiiformesRelated: Some stomiiforms use ventral light to conceal themselves from predators below.

• AnomalopidaeRelated: Downward-facing light can reduce a fish’s silhouette when viewed from below.

• Marine hatchetfishRelated: Ventral photophores can conceal hatchetfishes from predators below.