- structural colour
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colour in a chromatophore produced by light reflections from a colourless surface and tissue refractions. Also called schematochrome
Dictionary of ichthyology. 2009.
structural colour
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schematochrome — colour in a chromtophore produced by light reflections from a colourless surface and tissue refractions. Also called structural colours … Dictionary of ichthyology
