Title

Close-up of head Head portrait of venomous stonefish venomous marine animal lies reef stonefish

Caption

Close-up of head Head portrait of venomous stonefish venomous marine animal lies reef stonefish (Synanceia verrucosa) like stone coral with mouth slightly open on sandy seabed lurking for prey, Indian Ocean, Mauritius, Africa

Date

Mar 19, 2013

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Jean Hoffmann

Reference

BRK22I43_292

Model release

No

Property release

NA

License type

Royalty free

Available size

34,6Mb (2,4Mb) / 14,2in x 9,5in / 4260 x 2835 (300dpi)

Keywords

1 animal Africa Anthozoa East Africa Eastern Africa Fish Fishes Indian Ocean Mauritius No People Partial View Pisces Portrait shot Reef stonefish Republic of Mauritius Scleractinia Synanceia verrucosa Synanceiidae Underwater scene Wildlife adaption adaptions animal animal behavior animal behaviour animal of prey animal portrait animal portraits animals animals in the wild animals of prey behavior behaviour bottom camouflage camouflaged camouflaging capture catch catches close up close ups close-up closeup coral coral reef coral reefs corals cropped deserted detail view direct look eat empty eye contact face to face facing facing camera facing each other fauna feed feeding forage foraging foraging for food gazes ground grounds habitat head head portrait head shot head shots heads hunt hunting hunting food ingestion lie look look at looking at camera looking at the camera looking for food looking out looks looks at the camera looks in the camera looks into looks into the camera lurk lurking lying marine animal marine animals mouth mouths natural environment natural environments natural habitat no one nobody observe ocean floor one animal poison poisonous poisonous animal poisonous animals poisons portrait portrait of an animal portrait photo portraits prey prey animal preying preys reef reefs sandy sea sea bottom sea floor seabed search for food searching for food stalk stone coral stony coral stony corals toxic under water underwater underwater photo underwater photos underwater shot underwater world underwater worlds uninhabited view view over watching wild animal wild animals wildlife wildlife photography Cnidaria Cnidarian Cnidarians Scorpaenoidei animal feed animal feeds detail details fodder food ocean oceans section Bony fish Bony fishes Osteichthyes