Alex Hyde / Sea Scorpion / Bullfish (Taurulus bubalis) against white background. From the Isle of Skye, Inner Hebrides, Scotland, UK.

Alex Mustard / 2020VISION / Long spined sea scorpion (Taurulus bubalis) lying in wait to ambush prey, Selsey, West Sussex, UK, May

Wild Wonders of Europe / Lundgren / Long-spined sea scorpion (Taurulus bubalis) Saltstraumen, Bod, Norway, October 2008

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Long spined scorpion fish (Taurulus bubalis) camoflouged, Sula Sgeir, Scotland.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Scorpion fish amongst hydroids (Taurulus bubalis) Loch Etive, west coast of Scotland, UK, August.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Long spined sea scorpion (Taurulus bubalis), John O' Groats, North Scotland, UK, May.

Robert Thompson / Long spined sea scorpion (Taurulus bubalis) Ballywhoriskey Point, Fanad Peninsula, County Donegal, Republic of Ireland, April.

Sue Daly / Long-spined sea scorpion (Taurulus bubalis) resting on pebbles, Sark, British Channel Islands, UK, August.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / European river otter (Lutra lutra) carrying a Scorpionfish (Taurulus bubalis) ashore, Shetland, Scotland, UK, March.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / European river otter (Lutra lutra) feeding on a Scorpion fish (Taurulus bubalis), Shetland, Scotland, UK, March.

Sue Daly / Eggs of Long-spined sea scorpion (Taurulus bubalis) on sea shore, possibly being predated by Painted Topshell, Guernsey, British Channel Islands

Sue Daly / Long spined Sea scorpion (Taurulus bubalis) English Channel, off the coast of Sark, Channel Islands, August

Alex Mustard / 2020VISION / Sea scorpion (Taurulus bubalis) hidden in a bed of red algae, Loch Carron, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland, UK, April.

Linda Pitkin / 2020VISION / Long spined sea scorpion (Taurulus bubalis), Swanage, Dorset, England, UK, May

Linda Pitkin / 2020VISION / Long spined sea scorpion (Taurulus bubalis), Swanage, Dorset, England, UK, May

Alex Hyde / Sea Scorpion / Bullfish (Taurulus bubalis) hiding in rock crevice. Isle of Skye, Inner Hebrides, Scotland, UK, March.

Alex Hyde / Sea Scorpion / Bullfish (Taurulus bubalis) against white background. From the Isle of Skye, Inner Hebrides, Scotland, UK.

Alex Hyde / Sea Scorpion / Bullfish (Taurulus bubalis) against white background. From the Isle of Skye, Inner Hebrides, Scotland, UK.

Sue Daly / Long spined Sea scorpion (Taurulus bubalis) Channel Islands, UK July

Alex Mustard / 2020VISION / Long spined sea scorpion (Taurulus bubalis) Loch Fyne, Argyll and Bute, Scotland, UK, June

MYN / Carsten Krieger / Long spined sea scorpion (Taurulus bubalis) from rocky shore, County Clare, Republic of Ireland, August. meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Carsten Krieger / Long spined sea scorpion (Taurulus bubalis) from rocky shore, County Clare, Republic of Ireland, August. meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Carsten Krieger / Long spined sea scorpion (Taurulus bubalis) from rocky shore, County Clare, Republic of Ireland, August. meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Carsten Krieger / Long spined sea scorpion (Taurulus bubalis) from rocky shore, County Clare, Republic of Ireland, August. meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Carsten Krieger / Long spined sea scorpion (Taurulus bubalis) from rocky shore, County Clare, Republic of Ireland, August. meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Carsten Krieger / Long spined sea scorpion (Taurulus bubalis) from rocky shore, County Clare, Republic of Ireland, August. meetyourneighbours.net project

Linda Pitkin / 2020VISION / Long-spined Sea Scorpion (Taurulus bubalis) showing orange colour mimicry, St Abbs (St Abbs and Eyemouth Voluntary Marine Reserve), Berwickshire, Scotland, UK, October 2011

Linda Pitkin / 2020VISION / Long-spined sea scorpion (Taurulus bubalis), St Abbs (St Abbs and Eyemouth Voluntary Marine Reserve), Berwickshire, Scotland, UK, August 2011

Alex Mustard / 2020VISION / Close up of eye of Sea scorpion / scorpionfish (Taurulus bubalis) Loch Fyne, Argyll and Bute, Scotland, UK, June

Alex Mustard / 2020VISION / Sea scorpion / scorpionfish (Taurulus bubalis) waiting on seabed to ambush prey, Selsey, West Sussex, UK, May

Alex Mustard / 2020VISION / Sea scoropion / scorpionfish (Taurulus bubalis) on edge of an Eelgrass (Zostera marina) meadow (overgrown with filamentous algae), Studland Bay, Dorset, UK, May

Alex Mustard / 2020VISION / Portrait of Long spined sea scorpion (Taurulus bubalis) resting on the seabed, Sesley, West Sussex, UK, May

Sue Daly / Sea Scorpion (Taurulus bubalis). Channel Islands, UK, August.

Alex Hyde / Sea scorpion (Taurulus bubalis) camouflaged in rockpool. Isle of Skye, Scotland.

Stephen Dalton / Long-spined sea scorpion fish (Taurulus bubalis) controlled conditions

Stephen Dalton / Sea scorpion fish (Taurulus bubalis) controlled conditions

Robert Thompson / Sea scorpion {Taurulus bubalis} Portaferry, Strangford, County Down, Northern Ireland, UK, April

Robert Thompson / Sea scorpion {Taurulus bubalis} Portaferry, Strangford, County Down, Northern Ireland, UK, April

Wild Wonders of Europe / Lundgren / Long-spined sea scorpion (Taurulus bubalis) with a skeleton shrimp (Caprellidae) on its cheek, Saltstraumen, Bodö, Norway, October 2008

Wild Wonders of Europe / Lundgren / Long-spined sea scorpion (Taurulus bubalis) with a Skeleton shrimp on its cheek, Saltstraumen, Bodö, Norway, October 2008

Florian Graner / Sea scorpion (Taurulus bubalis) and pink anemone, Norway

Ingo Arndt / Longspined Sea Scorpion (Taurulus bubalis) length is aproximately twenty centimeters, Helgoland, Germany

Dan Burton / Sea scorpion (Taurulus bubalis). St Abbs, Scotland, Europe

Dan Burton / Sea scorpion (Taurulus bubalis). St Abbs, Scotland, Europe

Dan Burton / Sea scorpion (Taurulus bubalis). Devon, England, UK, Europe

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / European otter (Lutra lutra) eating Scorpion fish (Taurulus bubalis), Isle of Mull, Scotland, UK. September.

Alex Mustard / Portrait of a Long-spined sea scorpionfish (Taurulus bubalis) in a bed of common brittlestars (Ophiothrix fragilis).Fort William, Lochaber, The Highlands, Scotland, United Kingdom. Loch Linnhe, North...

Alex Mustard / Long-spined sea scorpion (Taurulus bubalis) hides amongst white plumose anemones (Metridium dianthus) on the Wreck of the Rosalie. Weybourne, north Norfolk, England, United Kingdom. North Sea.

Alex Mustard / Eye detail of a long-spined sea scorpion (Taurulus bubalis). Lochcarron, Ross-shire, Ross and Cromarty, Highlands, Scotland, United Kingdom. Loch Carron, North East Atlantic Ocean.