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