Caption

Underwater photo of mimesis of two stonefish (Synanceia verrucosa) lurking hunters camouflage themselves like dead corals lying on the seabed lurking for prey, Red Sea, Soma Bay, Safaga, Egypt

Date

Jun 19, 2014

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Frank Schneider

Reference

BRK26B58_246

Model release

NA

Property release

No

License type

Royalty free

Available size

34.9Mb (3.7Mb) / 14.3in x 9.5in / 4284 x 2851 (300dpi)

Keywords

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