The ghost catfish transforms from glassy to glam when white light passes through its mostly transparent body. Now, scientists know why. The fish’s iridescence comes from light bending as it ...

You’ve never seen a fish like this before.

You can see right through this little aquarium fish from Thailand: Its skin is almost completely transparent. Now, scientists have figured out how this fish — called the ghost catfish ...

As a ghost catfish swims, the sarcomeres in the muscles expand and contract, changing lengths and creating a “quickly blinking dynamic diffraction pattern.” According to the press release, the study ...

But the ghost catfish has no scales, said senior author Qibin Zhao, a physicist at China’s Shanghai Jiao Tong University, who became fascinated by the fish after seeing it in an aquarium store.

But the ghost catfish has no scales. Instead of shimmering scales, it has tightly packed structures in the muscles that can bend light into rainbow hues. Skip Navigation ...

But the ghost catfish has no scales, said senior author Qibin Zhao, a physicist at China's Shanghai Jiao Tong University, who became fascinated by the fish after seeing it in an aquarium store.

On June 28, 15-year-old Edwards Tarumianz caught a gorgeous, almost pure white blue catfish on the Tennessee River near downtown Chattanooga. Captain Richard Simms, who was guiding the young ...

NEW YORK — You can see right through this little aquarium fish from Thailand: Its skin is almost completely transparent. But when the light hits it just right, its body flickers with shimmering ...

But the ghost catfish has no scales. Instead of shimmering scales, it has tightly packed structures in the muscles that can bend light into rainbow hues. Skip Navigation ...

The ghost catfish has a see-through body that flickers with rainbow colors when the light hits it. Now, scientists have cracked the case of how the fish creates its iridescent glow.