DNA evidence is in, psychedelic looking bouncing fish is a new species, dubbed 'psychedilica'
Tuesday, February 24, 2009 - 17:28
in Biology & Nature
"Psychedelica" seems the perfect name for a fish that is a wild swirl of tan and peach zebra stripes and behaves in ways contrary to its brethren, including bouncing like a ball along the seafloor instead of swimming. The fish, which has rare forward-facing eyes like humans, also has a secretive nature. That could be the reason they weren't spotted by divers until just last year nor described in the scientific literature until now.