psychedelic frogfish

English

Etymology

First described as having "a remarkable pigment pattern of white swirling stripes", hence the use of the term psychedelic.

Noun

psychedelic frogfish (plural psychedelic frogfishes or psychedelic frogfish)

  1. A species of frogfish, Histiophryne psychedelica, with a yellow-brown or peach colour, together with pink and white stripes arranged in a fingerprint pattern, living in the waters near Ambon Island and Bali, Indonesia.

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