Caption

A banded scorpionfish (Scorpaena plumieri) perfectly camouflaged between orange sponge and algae in the sea. Dive site Nursery, Pompano Beach, Florida, USA, North America

Date

Aug 08, 2018

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Rolf von Riedmatten

Reference

BRK24H20_068

Model release

NA

Property release

No

License type

Royalty free

Available size

45.6Mb (2.4Mb) / 15.4in x 11.5in / 4608 x 3456 (300dpi)

Keywords

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