Indonesia’s Psychedelic Fish is a new Species
Psychedelic bouncing fish ‘discovered’ in Indonesia
A funky, psychedelic fish that bounces on the ocean floor like a rubber ball has been classified as a new species, a scientific journal reported. The frogfish — which has a swirl of tan and peach zebra stripes that extend from its aqua eyes to its tail — was initially discovered by scuba diving instructors working for a tour operator a year ago in shallow waters off Ambon island in eastern Indonesia.
The operator contacted Ted Pietsch, lead author of a paper published in this month’s edition of Copeia, the journal of the American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, who submitted DNA work identifying it as a new species.
The fish — which the University of Washington professor has named “psychedelica” — is a member of the antennariid genus, Histiophryne, and like other frogfish, has fins on both sides of its body that have evolved to be leg-like.
Psychedelic Fish or Frog Fish In Picture
Those are show to us if we feel to hep about something in universe means we knowing more less.
I hope that species invention more enrich Indonesia’s biodiversity and generally, in the world. We should proud as Indonesian.
Wow nice fish..
Sebenarnya, jika mau diteliti saya yakin masih banyak spesies lain yg belum banyak diketahui. Yang paling penting, bagaimana kita bisa melestarikan keaneragaman hayati di negeri ini dari ulah-ulah manusia yg tak bertanggung jawab. Marilah kita mulai menjaganya, mulailah dengan Kampanye Damai Pemilu Indonesia 2009 Merdeka!!!
I’m sure there are a lot more undiscovered species…
its different from the other fish.
iiih bentuknya aneh bgt…
I had seen the news about the frog fish.
Actually, Indonesian scientists had also found many new species in East Indonesia, but the news didn’t publish in media or may be less published, so people don’t know it much.
I believe that Indonesian nature still have many new species that are waiting to reveal by us. So, don’t let the foreigners find it first.
let’s to conserve them…
wooww.. i’m confuse
but I’m sure there are a lot more undiscovered species…