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It’s a principle of camouflage known as countershading or “Thayer’s Law” (after naturalist and artist Abbott Thayer, the first person to do extensive research into the principles behind concealing/confusing coloration in nature). You can see it in many groups of animals, not just fish, and it’s used in military camouflage patterns as well.
