Jeff Rotman / Poisonous dorsal spines of Tassled scorpionfish (Scorpaenopsis oxycephalus) Red Sea, Egypt

Juergen Freund / Tasseled scorpionfish (Scorpaenopsis oxycephala), detail of the eye. North Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia.

GEORGETTE DOUWMA / Tassled scorpionfish (Scorpaenopsis oxycephala) camouflaged on leather coral. Egypt, Red Sea

Sue Daly / Eye of Tassled scorpionfish (Scorpaenopsis oxycephala) Lembeh Straits, Sulawesi, Indonesia

GEORGETTE DOUWMA / Tassled scorpionfish (Scorpaenopsis oxycephala) on coral reef. Philippines.

GEORGETTE DOUWMA / Tassled scorpionfish (Scorpaenopsis oxycephala) on coral reef. Philippines.

Fred Bavendam / Tassled Scorpionfish (Scorpaenopsis oxycephala), Manado, Indonesia

Georgette Douwma / Tassled scorpionfish (Scorpaenopsis oxycephala) with Blue dragon (Pteraeolidia ianthina) nudibranch crawling over it. Rinca, Indonesia

Georgette Douwma / Tassled scorpionfish (Scorpaenopsis oxycephala) with Blue dragon (Pteraeolidia ianthina) nudibranch crawling over it. Rinca, Indonesia

Jeff Rotman / Close up of Tassled Scorpionfish (Scorpaenopsis oxycephalus) with mouth open, Red Sea.

Constantinos Petrinos / Tassled scorpionfish {Scorpaenopsis oxycephala} camouflaged on pier pillar, Sulawesi, Indonesia

Constantinos Petrinos / Tassled scorpionfish {Scorpaenopsis oxycephala} on pier pillar, Sulawesi, Indonesia

Jeff Rotman / Tassled Scorpionfish (Scorpaenopsis oxycephala) portrait. Egypt, Red Sea.

Dan Burton / Close up of head of Tassled scorpionfish {Scorpaenopsis oxycephala} Red Sea

Doug Perrine / Tassled scorpionfish {Scorpaenopsis oxycephala} Surin Is, Thailand

Fred Bavendam / Tassled Scorpionfish (Scorpaenopsis oxycephala) portrait, Bali, Indonesia

Constantinos Petrinos / Tassled scorpionfish on pier pillar. Sulawesi, Indonesia {Scorpaenopsis oxycephala} Sulawesi Indonesia

Constantinos Petrinos / Tassled scorpionfish {Scorpaenopsis oxycephala} on anchor chain, Fiji

Constantinos Petrinos / Tassled scorpionfish {Scorpaenopsis oxycephala} in Elephant ear sponge (Langhella basta} Sulawesi

Jeff Rotman / Tassled scorpionfish close-up of dorsal spines. Red Sea {Scorpaenopsis oxycephala}

Jeff Rotman / Tassled scorpionfish {Scorpaenopsis oxycephala} Red Sea

Roberto Rinaldi / Tassled scorpion fish (Scorpaenopsis oxycephala), Mergui archipelago, Myanmar.

Roberto Rinaldi / Tassled scoprionfish (Scorpaenopsis oxycephalus), Sulawesi, Indonesia.

Constantinos Petrinos / Tassled scorpionfish {S oxycephala} on Stonefish {S verrucosa} Sulawesi Indonesia