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psychedelic frogfish en · NOUN

Etymology

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

Meanings

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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