Psychedelic looking fish classified as new species
May 17th 2009 10:32
Discovered a year ago, this amazing looking fish bounces along the sea floor and uses its fins to manoeuvre itself along the bottom.
The psychedelic frog fish now been classified as a new species and given the scientific name Histiophryne psychedelica. Its rear fin is curved to one side, so it moves about rather awkwardly. Check out a video of the animal at National Geographic.
This fish is another reminder of how we have yet to discover everything that lives on this planet. Strange and wonderful animals and plants still await discovery.
Histiophryne psychedelica - picture from National Geographic
The psychedelic frog fish now been classified as a new species and given the scientific name Histiophryne psychedelica. Its rear fin is curved to one side, so it moves about rather awkwardly. Check out a video of the animal at National Geographic.
This fish is another reminder of how we have yet to discover everything that lives on this planet. Strange and wonderful animals and plants still await discovery.
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