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Here we present dual-mode Bio-CM\n                  <jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>\n                  , a multimodal computational miniature mesoscope that simultaneously captures fluorescence and label-free reflectance through a shared optical architecture based on distributed computational optics. The system enables frame-interleaved, co-registered dual-mode imaging over a\n                  <jats:italic>\u223c<\/jats:italic>\n                  7.5\n                  <jats:italic>\u00d7<\/jats:italic>\n                  10 mm\n                  <jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>\n                  FOV with\n                  <jats:italic>\u223c<\/jats:italic>\n                  6\n                  <jats:italic>\u00b5<\/jats:italic>\n                  m lateral resolution. We demonstrate the versatility of dual-mode Bio-CM\n                  <jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>\n                  across diverse biological systems. In freely moving\n                  <jats:italic>Caenorhabditis elegans<\/jats:italic>\n                  , reflectance captures body posture and locomotor behavior that contextualize fluorescently labeled protein aggregates. In freely swimming larval zebrafish, reflectance captures whole-body morphology and swimming behavior, while fluorescence visualizes cardiac activity. In head-fixed mice, simultaneous fluorescence and reflectance imaging across the bilateral dorsal cortex provides complementary measurements of neuronal calcium activity and intrinsic hemodynamic signals. 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