Title

Reef stonefish

Caption

Reef stonefish (Synanceia verrucosa) lies in coral reef camouflages itself like dead coral lurks for prey, Red Sea, Hurghada, Egypt, Africa

Date

Sep 25, 2006

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Frank Schneider

Reference

BRK22I77_382

Model release

No

Property release

NA

License type

Royalty free

Available size

50,7Mb (3,9Mb) / 17,3in x 11,4in / 5202 x 3408 (300dpi)

Keywords

Africa Anthozoa Dive site Diving area Egypt Fish Fishes Hurghada No People North African Pisces Red Sea Reef stonefish Synanceia verrucosa Synanceiidae Underwater scene Wildlife adaption adaptions animal animal behavior animal behaviour animal of prey animals animals in the wild animals of prey behavior behaviour camouflage camouflaged camouflaging capture catch catches coral coral reef coral reefs corals dead deserted dive resort diving location diving locations eat empty fauna feed feeding forage foraging foraging for food habitat hunt hunting hunting food ingestion lie looking for food lurk lurking lying marine animal marine animals natural environment natural environments natural habitat no one nobody poison poisonous poisonous animal poisonous animals poisons prey prey animal preying preys reef reefs search for food searching for food stalk toxic under water underwater underwater photo underwater photos underwater shot underwater world underwater worlds uninhabited wild animal wild animals wildlife wildlife photography Al-Bahr al-ahmar Cnidaria Cnidarian Cnidarians North Africa Northern Africa Red Sea Governorate Scorpaenoidei animal feed animal feeds fodder food Bony fish Bony fishes Osteichthyes