Title

Large specimen of skipjack

Caption

Large specimen of skipjack (Synanceia verrucosa) with spines with venom deadly to humans lies in coral reef with camouflage camouflages like sand covered dead coral lurks for prey lies in wait, Indian Ocean, Mauritius, Africa

Date

May 16, 2023

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Frank Schneider

Reference

BRK23D13_489

Model release

No

Property release

NA

License type

Royalty free

Available size

34,5Mb (2,5Mb) / 9,5in x 14,2in / 2835 x 4252 (300dpi)

Keywords

Africa East Africa Eastern Africa Fish Human being Indian Ocean Mauritius No People People Pisces Reef stonefish Republic of Mauritius Specimen Specimens Synanceia verrucosa Synanceiidae Underwater scene Wildlife adaption adaptions animal animal behavior animal behaviour animal feed animal feeds animal of prey animals animals in the wild animals of prey behavior behaviour big cadaver camouflage camouflaged camouflaging capture carcass carcasses catch catches cover covered dead dead animal deadly death deaths deserted empty fatal fauna feeding fodder food forage foraging foraging for food great habitat hunt hunting hunting food ingestion large lie looking for food lurk lurking lurking position lying lying in wait natural environment natural environments natural habitat no one nobody person persons poisonous poisonous animal poisonous animals prey prey animal preying preys prick prickly pricks sand sea 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 wild animal wild animals wildlife wildlife photography Scorpaenoidei ocean oceans sandy Bony fish Bony fishes Osteichthyes marine animal marine animals