Title

False stonefish

Caption

False stonefish (Scorpaenopsis diabolus) camouflaged like dead coral lies in wait on bottom of coral reef lurking for prey, Indian Ocean, Mauritius, Africa

Date

May 09, 2023

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Frank Schneider

Reference

BRK23D05_482

Model release

No

Property release

NA

License type

Royalty free

Available size

42,3Mb (2,9Mb) / 15,7in x 10,5in / 4709 x 3139 (300dpi)

Keywords

Africa Anthozoa Devil scorpionfish East Africa Eastern Africa False stonefish False stonefishes Fish Indian Ocean Mail-cheeked fish Mail-cheeked fishes Mauritius No People Pisces Republic of Mauritius Scorpaenidae Scorpaeniformes Scorpaenoidei Scorpaenopsis diabolus Scorpionfish Scorpionfishes Underwater scene Wildlife adaption adaptions animal animal behavior animal behaviour animal of prey animals animals in the wild animals of prey behavior behaviour bottom camouflage camouflaged camouflaging capture catch catches coral coral reef coral reefs corals dead deserted eat empty fauna feed feeding forage foraging foraging for food ground grounds habitat hunt hunting hunting food ingestion lie looking for food lurk lurking lurking position lying lying in wait marine animal marine animals natural environment natural environments natural habitat no one nobody poisonous poisonous animal poisonous animals prey prey animal preying preys reef reefs sea 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 Bony fish Bony fishes Cnidaria Cnidarian Cnidarians Osteichthyes animal feed animal feeds fodder food ocean oceans