tasseled scorpionfish (Scorpaenopsis oxycephala) Description
English: Tassled scorpionfish (Scorpaenopsis oxycephala) waiting it's prey at night at Shaab Claudia Reef (Red Sea, Egypt)
Date 25 November 2010, 17:57:42
Author Alexander Vasenin
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Tassled_scorpionfish_at_Shaab_Claudia.JPG
The tasseled scorpionfish, or small-scaled scorpionfish, Scorpaenopsis oxycephala, is a carnivorous ray-finned fish with venomous spines that lives in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It can reach a maximum length of 36 cm and can vary considerably in color. Adults are bearded with a number of tassels below the jaw.