Chromatophore
![Chromatophores in the skin of a squid](/Images/godic/202501/27/Chromatophores2941.jpg")
![7x speed timelapse video of fish melanophores responding to 200uM adrenaline](/Images/godic/202501/27/-Fish_Melanophores_Responding_to_Adrenaline.webm2941.jpg")
![A veiled chameleon, Chamaeleo calyptratus. Structural green and blue colours are generated by overlaying chromatophore types to reflect filtered light.](/Images/godic/202501/27/C_Calyptratus_female2941.jpg")
![At the bottom a mutant zebrafish larva that fails to synthesise melanin in its melanophores, at the top a non-mutant, wildtype larva](/Images/godic/202501/27/Zebrafish_embryos2941.png")
Chromatophores are pigment-containing and light-reflecting cells, or groups of cells, found in a wide range of animals including amphibians, fish, reptiles, crustaceans and cephalopods. Mammals and birds, in contrast, have a class of cells called melanocytes for coloration.