Title

Bearded scorpionfish

Caption

Bearded scorpionfish (Scorpaena barbatus) lurking for prey in coral reef, spreading pectoral fins with venomous spines, Indian Ocean, Maldives, Asia

Date

Apr 13, 2017

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Frank Schneider

Reference

BRK22C47_209

Model release

No

Property release

NA

License type

Royalty free

Available size

50,1Mb (3,3Mb) / 17,1in x 11,4in / 5123 x 3417 (300dpi)

Keywords

Asia Bearded scorpionfish Fish Fishes Flathead scorpionfish Great Bearded scorpionfish Indian Ocean Mail-cheeked fish Mail-cheeked fishes Maldives Maldives Island No People Pisces Poison spikes Scorpaenidae Scorpaeniformes Scorpaenoidei Scorpaenopsis oxycephala Scorpionfish Scorpionfishes Smallscale Scorpionfish South Asia Southern Asia Tassled Scorpionfish Tassled Scorpionfishes Underwater scene Wildlife animal animal behavior animal behaviour animal of prey animals animals in the wild animals of prey behavior behaviour capture catch catches coral reef coral reefs deserted eat empty fauna feed feeding fin fins forage foraging foraging for food habitat hunt hunting hunting food ingestion lurk lurking marine animal marine animals marine fish marine fishes natural environment natural environments natural habitat no one nobody pectoral fin pectoral fins poison poisonous poisonous animal poisonous animals poisons prey prey animal preying preys prick prickly pricks reef reefs saltwater fish sea search for food searching for food small-scaled scorpionfish spiky spine spiny spread spreading stalk toxic under water underwater underwater photo underwater photos underwater shot underwater world underwater worlds uninhabited venomous spines wild animal wild animals wildlife wildlife photography Bony fish Bony fishes Osteichthyes animal feed animal feeds fodder food ocean oceans