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The 25 pages that link to Countershading, each with the reason it gives.

• CamouflageBroader topic: This pattern helps flatten the shading that would otherwise reveal body shape.

• Cryptic colorationBroader topic: This pattern can make a three-dimensional body look flatter and less conspicuous.

• Ambush predatorBroader topic: This camouflage can conceal a predator against light from above and darkness below.

• PenguinRelated: Penguins’ dark backs and pale bellies help conceal them from predators and prey in water.

• PiscivoryRelated: Some fish predators use this pattern to approach prey with less visual contrast.

• CrypsisBroader topic: It cancels the light-and-shadow cues that make a body appear three-dimensional.

• Pelagic fishRelated: This pattern makes pelagic fish less visible from above and below.

• CounterilluminationCompared with: Unlike countershading’s fixed pigment pattern, counterillumination adjusts emitted light to changing conditions.

• Great white sharkRelated: The shark's dark back and pale belly camouflage it from different viewing angles.

• Giant squidRelated: This common squid camouflage may help conceal giant squid in open water.

• ElasmobranchiiRelated: The pattern can make an elasmobranch less visible from above and below.

• Animal colorationBroader topic: This widespread pattern can make a three-dimensional animal appear flatter under directional light.

• FlatfishRelated: Many flatfish have dark upper sides and pale undersides, matching light conditions above and below.

• Requiem sharkRelated: Many carcharhinids have this pattern, which can conceal them from prey and predators.

• Tiger sharkRelated: Its dark back and pale underside help conceal the shark from above and below.

• WobbegongRelated: Wobbegong mottling conceals them against reefs, complementing the broader concealment principle of countershading.

• Little penguinRelated: Its dark back and pale underside help conceal it from predators and prey at sea.

• Long-tailed weaselRelated: Its typical dark back and pale underside can soften its outline.

• OphthalmosaurusRelated: A dark back and pale underside are proposed for camouflage in the water column.

• TurbotRelated: Turbot’s mottled upper side helps it blend with the seabed when viewed from above.

• Zebra sharkRelated: Its body coloration includes a light underside that contrasts with its darker back.

• Blue sharkRelated: Its dark-blue back and pale underside form a classic countershaded pattern.

• Crested penguinRelated: The dark back and pale underside help camouflage these penguins while they swim.

• Glaucus atlanticusRelated: Glaucus’s contrasting surfaces may camouflage it against the sea when viewed above or below.

• ShrimpfishRelated: Shrimpfish coloration can reduce contrast against bright water and darker habitat structure.