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Best places to dive with Psychedelic frogfish
Histiophryne psychedelica
Known essentially only from Ambon; the handful of Bali records trace to a 1992 aquarium shipment whose specimens were initially misidentified, so even those are shaky. It is not hiding in deep water — the type material came from 5–7m, about 20m off the beach. It is hard to find because it wedges itself into crevices and under debris and its patterning breaks up its outline, not because of depth.
Destinations ranked by how reliably psychedelic frogfish is seen. The bars show the likelihood by month — never a guarantee. See the full species page for more.
| Month | Likelihood |
|---|---|
| January | rare |
| February | rare |
| March | rare |
| April | rare |
| May | rare |
| June | rare |
| July | rare |
| August | rare |
| September | rare |
| October | rare |
| November | rare |
| December | rare |
The reason many divers book Ambon, and the thing most of them do not see. Public reports of live sightings thinned after roughly 2018–2019, with one diver logging a small individual in February 2019 on the coral side rather than the muck. Guides who do know current animals generally withhold the locations to deter aquarium collectors. Treat an encounter as a long shot, not an itinerary item.