page_title: Psychedelic frogfish
section_title: Habitat
hierarchical_section_title: Psychedelic frogfish / Habitat
caption_attribution_description: English: Psychedelic frogfish (Histiophryne psychedelica). For a higher resolution, contact David Hall [1]. This photo illustrates the frogfish's jet propulsion.
context_page_description: The psychedelic frogfish is a yellow-brown or peach colored frogfish named for its pink and white stripes arranged in a fingerprint pattern. The fish is from waters near Ambon Island and Bali, Indonesia.
context_section_description: The psychedelic frogfish has so far been positively identified only at Ambon Island, Indonesia. It has been found in coral rubble, where it may be camouflaged from predators, though the location is primarily considered a 'muck' dive with few corals in the area.  The fish have so far been found in locations where the water is 5 to 7 metres (16 to 23 ft) deep, about 20 metres (66 ft) away from the shoreline.  Occasionally, the current in these areas is so strong that it makes it nearly impossible for the fish to swim, but usually the current is only mild.
  The coloration of the fish may be reminiscent of a number or hermatypic corals such as Symphyllia sinuosa, Leptoseris explanata, Pachyseris rugosa, Platygyra ryukyuensis, Pectinia lactuca, and Caulastrea furcata, all located in the Indo-West Pacific area.
caption: Psychedelic frogfish using jet propulsion to swim forward.
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