Title

Common lionfish

Caption

Common lionfish (Pterois miles) with spread fins venomous spines hovering over stony corals (Scleractinia) in coral reef lurking for prey, Red Sea, Hurghada, Egypt, Africa

Date

Nov 19, 2017

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Frank Schneider

Reference

BRK23E45_222

Model release

No

Property release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

69,8Mb (2,6Mb) / 20,2in x 13,4in / 6048 x 4032 (300dpi)

Keywords

Africa Anthozoa Dive site Diving area Egypt Fish Hurghada Indian turkeyfish Lionfish Mail-cheeked fish Mail-cheeked fishes Mile's fire fish No People North African Pisces Poison spikes Pteroinae Pterois miles Red Sea Scleractinia Scorpaenidae Scorpaeniformes Scorpaenoidei Scorpionfish Scorpionfishes Soldier lionfish Turkey fish Underwater scene Wildlife animal animal behavior animal behaviour animal of prey animals animals in the wild animals of prey behavior behaviour capture catch catches common lionfish coral coral reef coral reefs corals deserted devil firefish dive resort diving location diving locations eat empty fauna feed feeding fin fins float forage foraging foraging for food habitat hover hunt hunting hunting food ingestion looking for food lurk lurking marine animal marine animals marine fish marine fishes mid air mid-air midair natural environment natural environments natural habitat no one nobody poison poisonous poisonous animal poisonous animals poisons prey prey animal preying preys prick prickly pricks reef reefs saltwater fish sea animal sea fish search for food searching for food spiky spine spiny stalk stone coral stony coral stony corals toxic under water underwater underwater photo underwater photos underwater shot underwater world underwater worlds uninhabited venomous spines wild animal wild animals wildlife wildlife photography Al-Bahr al-ahmar Bony fish Bony fishes Cnidaria Cnidarian Cnidarians North Africa Northern Africa Osteichthyes Red Sea Governorate animal feed animal feeds fodder food