Georgette Douwma / Scorpionfish camouflaged on sponge with featherstar. Sulawesi, Indonesia.

Jeff Rotman / Red Irish Lord (Hemilepidotus hemilepidotus) camouflaged on sea floor, Queen Charlotte Strait, British Columbia, Canada, North Pacific Ocean.

Jeff Rotman / Close up of poisonous dorsal spines of Scorpionfish {Scorpaena} Red Sea

Solvin Zankl / Leaf scorpionfish {Taenianotus triacanthus} Lembeh, Sulawesi

Constantinos Petrinos / Scorpionfish {Scorpaenopsis sp} Sulawesi, Indonesia

David Hall / Weedy Scorpionfish. (Rhinopias sp) Indonesia.

David Hall / Scorpionfish / Devil Stinger (Inimicus sp) Indonesia Filament-finned stinger

Constantinos Petrinos / Yellow Leaf scorpionfish {Taenianotus triacanthus} Sulawesi, Indonesia

Juergen Freund / Two venomous Scorpionfish{Scorpaena sp} Indo Pacific

GEORGETTE DOUWMA / Leaf scorpionfish on coral {Taenianotus triacanthus} Sangalaki, Indonesia

GEORGETTE DOUWMA / Leaf scorpionfish on coral {Taenianotus triacanthus} Sangalaki, Indonesia

GEORGETTE DOUWMA / Leaf scorpionfish on coral {Taenianotus triacanthus} Sangalaki, Indonesia

Brent Hedges / Scorpionfish camouflaged on seabed, Solomon Islands, Pacific

GEORGETTE DOUWMA / Scorpionfish camouflaged on sponge with featherstar. Sulawesi, Indonesia.

GEORGETTE DOUWMA / Scorpionfish resting on coral, Indo-Pacific

GEORGETTE DOUWMA / Scorpionfish on sponge. Sulawesi, Indonesia

GEORGETTE DOUWMA / Scorpionfish lying in ambush, Sulawesi, Indonesia

Alan James / Scorpionfish (Inimicus)

Peter Scoones / Devil Scorpionfish hidden amongst rocks

GEORGETTE DOUWMA / Spotted Scorpionfish, off California, USA.

Peter Scoones / Nocturnal Scorpionfish, Red Sea.

Peter Scoones / Common scorpionfish (Scorpaenopsis gibbosa). Red Sea

Jeff Rotman / Spotted scorpionfish, pectoral fin {Scorpaena guttata} Pacific off California, USA

Jeff Rotman / Devil scorpionfish camouflaged on reef {Scorpaenopsis diabolus} Red Sea

Jeff Rotman / Spotted scorpionfish mouth {Scorpaena guttata} Channel Is, CA, USA

Brent Hedges / Paper fish / Leaf scorpionfish {Taenianotus triacanthus} Soloman Islands, South Pacific

Carine Schrurs / Bearded scorpionfish with Dorid nudibranch climbing over it Anilao Batangas Philippines