Image: False Stonefish at Lord Howe Island
A False Stonefish at a depth of 10 m, Admiralty Islands (10th of June Island), Lord Howe Island, New South Wales, 7 February 2011.
- Photographer:
- Christine Preston
- Rights:
- © Christine Preston
- Order:
- Scorpaeniformes
Additional information
Christine reported that she found the fish "in a hole on the Island wall – as far as the fish was concerned he was totally invisible. He did not budge while I took my time to take about 8 photos. He was about 30 cm in length."
Thank you to scorpionfish expert and Australian Museum Research Associate Dr Hiroyuki Motomura for identifying this unusually 'hairy' fish.
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Tags fishes, ichthyology, Scorpaenopsis diabolus, False Stonefish, Scorpaenidae,
