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Species such as the orange-spotted filefish are completely dependent on coral reefs, and highly sensitive to warmer water.

“Hey, look at this sponge crab,” ”I got a sea urchin,” ”There’s a leatherjacket; no, it’s an Atlantic bumper,” ”Wow, a filefish,” ”That’s a lane snapper,” ”What kind of snapper?”

But the filefish is the first vertebrate species found to camouflage its smell, which means that the behavior could be even more widespread across the animal kingdom than previously thought.

The harlequin filefish is a master of disguise.

Now, scientists have discovered that the filefish doesn’t just look like a branch of coral—it smells like one, too.