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.

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

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