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Psychedelic Frogfish
The psychedelic frogfish (''Histiophryne psychedelica'') 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. Description The psychedelic frogfish was first described in 2009 by Pietsch, Arnold, and Hall in the scientific journal ''Copeia'', where they described it as having "a remarkable pigment pattern of white swirling stripes", hence their use of the term ''psychedelic''. The psychedelic frogfish has been known to reach a length of . The skin of the psychedelic frogfish is flabby and fleshy, like other frogfishes. As a member of the order Lophiiformes, it has no scales. The skin covers the dorsal and ventral fins of the fish, which aid in camouflaging the fish. The skin may be covered in protective mucus. The psychedelic frogfish is different from many other anglerfishes in that it has a tiny luring appendage on its forehead. It has a relativel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Theodore Wells Pietsch III
Theodore Wells Pietsch III (born March 6, 1945) is an American systematist and evolutionary biologist especially known for his studies of anglerfishes. Pietsch has described 72 species and 14 genera of fishes and published numerous scientific papers focusing on the relationships, evolutionary history, and functional morphology of teleosts, particularly deep-sea taxa. For this body of work, Pietsch was awarded the Robert H. Gibbs Jr. Memorial Award in Systematic Ichthyology by the American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists in 2005. Pietsch has spent most of his career at the University of Washington in Seattle as a professor mentoring graduate students, teaching ichthyology to undergraduates, and curating the ichthyology collections of the UW Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture. His zoological author abbreviation is Pietsch. See also :Taxa named by Theodore Wells Pietsch III and query for taxa he authored Education Pietsch attended John Adams High School in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
