psychedelic frogfish

noun

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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Meanings

nounpsychedelic frogfish (plural psychedelic frogfishes or psychedelic frogfish)

plural psychedelic frogfishes

  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.

Origin

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

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psychedelic frogfish. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/psychedelic%20frogfish

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