Title

An common lionfish

Caption

An common lionfish (Pterois miles) lurks for prey, on sea goldie (Pseudanthias squamipinnis), Marsa Shuna reef dive site, Red Sea, Egypt, Africa

Date

Apr 27, 2022

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Rolf von Riedmatten

Reference

BRK23B87_387

Model release

No

Property release

NA

License type

Royalty free

Available size

97,7Mb (2,5Mb) / 23,9in x 15,9in / 7156 x 4771 (300dpi)

Keywords

Africa Anthia Anthiadinae Anthias Bony fish Bony fishes Colourfully Dive site Diving area Fish Indian turkeyfish Lionfish Longspine anthia Mail-cheeked fish Mail-cheeked fishes Mile's fire fish No People North African Osteichthyes Perciformes Pisces Pseudanthias squamipinnis Pteroinae Pterois miles Red Sea Scorpaenidae Scorpaeniformes Scorpaenoidei Scorpionfish Scorpionfishes Sea goldie Sea goldies 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 colored colorful colorfully coloured colourful common lionfish deserted devil firefish different coloured dive resort diving location diving locations eat empty fauna feed feeding forage foraging foraging for food habitat hunt hunting hunting food ingestion looking for food lurk lurking lyretail anthias lyretail coralfish marine animal marine animals marine fish marine fishes multi-colored multi-coloured multicoloured 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 scalefin anthia sea fish search for food searching for food spiky spine spiny stalk toxic under water underwater underwater photo underwater photos underwater shot underwater world underwater worlds uninhabited variegated wild animal wild animals wildlife wildlife photography Actinopterygii Egypt Ray-finned fish Ray-finned fishes animal feed animal feeds fodder food North Africa Northern Africa