Psychadelic fish

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I often enjoy browsing iNat observations and taxa just for the purpose of finding interesting organisms I hadn’t previously known existed. During one of these browsing sessions I stumbled upon the Mandarinfish which sent me spiraling down a rabbit hole. The Yellowbanded pipefish, the Blue Triggerfish… And don’t even get me started on the Surge and Klunzinger’s wrasses!

Marine life has never been my personal niche of choice but even I must admit that these are some truly stunning species. So I ask, fish-enjoyers of iNat, what are some of your favorite fever-dream-esque fish?

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I really like clown trigger fish and moon wrasses.

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Cuttlefish, especially Metasepia pfefferi, and the potently venomous blue-ringed octopus. They’re about as trippy as it gets. Far out, man ~ :melting_face:

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If you want something really psychedelic, you should check out UV biofluorescence in fish.

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And some fish, when eaten, will cause people to hallucinate.

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Neoclinus blanchardi

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https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/127710-Oxymonacanthus-longirostris

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Indo-Pacific reefs have more than their fair share of psychedelic-looking fish!

Blue Flasher Wrasse
Ornate Ghostpipefish
Zebra Lionfish
Regal Angelfish
Clown Triggerfish
Banded Pipefish
Ornate Butterflyfish
Ribbon Sweetlips
Bluestriped Fangblenny
Spotted Garden Eel
Banggai Cardinalfish
Sixline Wrasse
Signal Goby
Harlequin Tuskfish
Twinspot Lionfish
Yellowbanded Pipefish
Barred Angelfish
Carpenter’s Flasher Wrasse
Yellowfin Flasher Wrasse
Princess Basslet
Blacktail Wrasse
Red-ribbon Wrasse
Exquisite Wrasse
Spot-line Flasher Wrasse
Bicolour Parrotfish

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