Alex Mustard / Spotted scorpionfish (Scorpaena plumieri) lying motionless and camouflaged in soft corals. West Palm Beach, Gulf Stream, West Atlantic Ocean, Florida, USA.

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

Juergen Freund / Lacey scorpionfish (Rhinopias aphanes) with mouth wide open, Indo-pacific

Wild Wonders of Europe / Lundgre / Scorpionfish (Scorpaena maderensis) watching Turkish wrasse (Thalassoma pavo) Pico, Azores, Portugal, July 2009. WWE INDOOR EXHIBITION

Wild Wonders of Europe / Lundgren / Scorpionfish (Scorpaena maderensis) portrait, Pico, Azores, Portugal, June 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Banfi / Two Scorpionfish (Scorpaena porcus) lying on artificial reef, Larvotto Marine Reserve, Monaco, Mediterranean Sea, July 2009. BOOK & WWE OUTDOOR EXHIBITION. Wild Wonders kids book.

Wild Wonders of Europe / Banfi / Scorpionfish (Scorpaena porcus) lying on the artificial reef, Larvotto Marine Reserve, Monaco, Mediterranean Sea, July 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Banfi / Scorpionfish (Scorpaena porcus) close-up of eye, Larvotto Marine Reserve, Monaco, Mediterranean Sea, July 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Banfi / Scorpionfish (Scorpaena porcus) portrait, lying on the artificial reef, Larvotto Marine Reserve, Monaco, Mediterranean Sea, July 2009

Georgette Douwma / Scorpionfish {Scorpaenidae} camouflaged on sponge. Bunaken NP, North Sulawesi, Indonesia.

Chris Newbert / Common Lionfish (Pterois volitans), 70 feet deep, Solomon Islands

Chris Newbert / Soft Coral (Dendronephthya sp) schooling Pygmy Sweeper (Parapriacanthus ransonneti) and Lionfish (Pterois volitans)

Chris Newbert / Common Lionfish (Pterois volitans) swimming over coral reef, Red Sea

Chris Newbert / Common Lionfish (Pterois volitans) swimming over reef, 20 feet deep, Red Sea

Fred Bavendam / Common Lionfish (Pterois volitans) lurking among Feather Star Crinoids clinging to the lip of a large Barrel Sponge, Bali, Indonesia

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

Jeff Rotman / Bearded Scorpionfish head portrait (Scorpaenopsis barbatus) Red Sea - fish is well camouflaged on coral.

Juan Manuel Borrero / Illustration of Red Scorpionfish (Scorpaena scrofa). Pencil and watercolor painting.

Chris Gomersall / 2020VISION / European river otter (Lutra lutra) cub with Scorpion fish (Scorpaena) prey, Shetland Isles, Scotland, UK, October.

Chris Gomersall / 2020VISION / European river otter (Lutra lutra) cub with Scorpion fish (Scorpaena) prey, Shetland Isles, Scotland, UK, October.

Georgette Douwma / Humpback or Devil scorpionfish (Scorpaenopsis diabolus) Rinca, Komodo National Park, Indonesia

Georgette Douwma / Humpback or Devil scorpionfish (Scorpaenopsis diabolus) Rinca, Komodo National Park, Indonesia

Georgette Douwma / Yellownose scorpionfish (Scorpaenopsis novaeguinea) Rinca, Komodo National Park, Indonesia

Chris Newbert / Shortfin Turkeyfish (Dendrochirus brachypterus), Indonesia

Chris Newbert / Shortfin Turkeyfish (Dendrochirus brachypterus) camouflaged in reef, Indonesia

Chris Newbert / Shortfin Turkeyfish (Dendrochirus brachypterus), Indonesia

Alex Mustard / Spotted scorpionfish (Scorpaena plumieri) waits to ambush prey on top of a boulder on a coral reef, East End, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands, British West Indies, Caribbean Sea.

MYN / Paul Marcellini / Plumed scorpionfish (Scorpaena grandicornis) Florida, USA, November. meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Paul Marcellini / Plumed scorpionfish (Scorpaena grandicornis) Florida, USA, November. meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Paul Marcellini / Plumed scorpionfish (Scorpaena grandicornis) Florida, USA, December. meetyourneighbours.net project

Solvin Zankl / Black scorpionfish (Scorpaena porcus) San Pietro Island, Sardinia, Italy, Mediterranean, July

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

Juergen Freund / Two Leaf scorpionfish (Taenianotus triacanthus) on coral reef, North Sulawesi, Indonesia.

Juergen Freund / Leaf scorpionfish (Taenianotus triacanthus) camouflaged on coral reef, Kimbe Bay, West New Britain, Papua New Guinea.

Birgitte Wilms / Shortfinned Scorpionfish (Scorpaenodes parvipinnis), Papua New Guinea

Birgitte Wilms / Shortfin Turkeyfish (Dendrochirus brachypterus), Indonesia

Birgitte Wilms / Shortfin Turkeyfish (Dendrochirus brachypterus), Indonesia

Birgitte Wilms / Shortfin Turkeyfish (Dendrochirus brachypterus), Indonesia

Birgitte Wilms / Zebra Lionfish (Dendrochirus zebra), Solomon Islands

Pete Oxford / Common Lionfish (Pterois volitans) on reef, Jardines de la Reina National Park, Cuba

Pete Oxford / Common Lionfish (Pterois volitans), Jardines de la Reina National Park, Cuba

Juergen Freund / Longspine waspfish (Paracentropogon longispinus). Lembeh Strait, North Sulawesi, Indonesia.

Juergen Freund / Longspine waspfish (Paracentropogon longispinus), close-up of the head and eye. Lembeh Strait, North Sulawesi, Indonesia.

Juergen Freund / Cockatoo waspfish (Ablabys taenianotus) on the sandy sea bed. Lembeh Strait, North Sulawesi, Indonesia.

Juergen Freund / Paddle-flap Scorpionfish (Rhinopias eschmeyeri). resting on seabed, Lembeh Strait, North Sulawesi, Indonesia.

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

Juergen Freund / Ambon scorpionfish (Pteroidichthys amboinensis). Lembeh Strait, North Sulawesi, Indonesia.

Juergen Freund / Humpback / Devil scorpionfish (Scorpaenopsis diabolus) on the sand. Lembeh Strait, North Sulawesi, Indonesia.

Juergen Freund / Ambon scorpionfish (Pteroidichthys amboinensis). Lembeh Strait, North Sulawesi, Indonesia.

Juergen Freund / Paddle-flap scorpionfish (Rhinopias eschmeyeri). Lembeh Strait, North Sulawesi, Indonesia.

Juergen Freund / Leaf scorpionfish (Taenianotus triacanthus) on a coral. Lembeh Strait, North Sulawesi, Indonesia.

Juergen Freund / Yellow Lacy / Weedy scorpionfish (Rhinopias aphanes). Lembeh Strait, North Sulawesi, Indonesia

Juergen Freund / Yellow Lacy / Weedy scorpionfish (Rhinopias aphanes). Lembeh Strait, North Sulawesi, Indonesia

Juergen Freund / Cockatoo waspfish (Ablabys taenianotus) on the sea bed. Lembeh Strait, North Sulawesi, Indonesia.

Juergen Freund / Ambon scorpionfish (Pteroidichthys amboinensis) and similar-looking weed. This scorpionfish can change its colour for the best camouflage. Lembeh Strait, North Sulawesi, Indonesia.

Juergen Freund / Juvenile Scorpionfish (Scorpaenidae) resting on sand, North Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia.

Juergen Freund / Longspine waspfish (Paracentropogon longispinus) on the sandy sea bed. Lembeh Strait, North Sulawesi, Indonesia.

Juergen Freund / Paddle-flap Scorpionfish (Rhinopias eschmeyeri). Lembeh Strait, North Sulawesi, Indonesia.

Juergen Freund / Yellow Lacy / Weedy scorpionfish (Rhinopias aphanes) on the sea bed. Lembeh Strait, North Sulawesi, Indonesia

Juergen Freund / Yellow Weedy / Lacy scorpionfish (Rhinopias aphanes). Lembeh Strait, Sulawesi, Indonesia

Pete Oxford / Spotted Scorpionfish (Scorpaena plumieri) camouflaged on ocean bottom, Belize Barrier Reef, Belize

Michele Westmorland / Spotted Scorpionfish (Scorpaena plumieri) camouflaged in healthy reef system, Dominica, West Indies, Caribbean.

Jeff Rotman / Camouflaged Tassled scorpionfish (Scorpaneopsis oxcephala) Red Sea, Egypt

Jeff Rotman / Two-stick / Filament finned stingfish (Inimicus filamentosus) camouflaged, Red Sea, Eilat, Israel

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

Sue Daly / Spiny leaf fish (Ablabys macracanthus) camouflaged against sand, Lembeh Straits, Sulawesi, Indonesia

Sue Daly / Spiny leaf fish (Ablabys macracanthus) Lembeh Straits, Sulawesi, Indonesia

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.

GEORGETTE DOUWMA / Scorpionfish (Scorpaenopsis sp) camouflaged on seabed, Sulawesi, Indonesia

Wild Wonders of Europe / Lundgren / Scorpionfish (Scorpaena maderensis) watching a Rainbow wrasse (Coris julis) Faial, Azores, Portugal, July 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Lundgren / Scorpionfish (Scorpaena maderensis) Pico, Azores, Portugal, July 2009

Claudio Contreras / Spotted scorpion fish (Scorpaena plumieri) Cancun National Park, Caribbean Sea, Mexico, January

Claudio Contreras / Spotted scorpion fish (Scorpaena plumieri) Cancun National Park, Caribbean Sea, Mexico, January

Wild Wonders of Europe / Banfi / Scorpionfish (Scorpaena porcus) close-up of tail, lying on the artificial reef, Larvotto Marine Reserve, Monaco, Mediterranean Sea, July 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Banfi / Red scorpionfish (Scorpaena scrofa) lying on the artificial reef, Larvotto Marine Reserve, Monaco, Mediterranean Sea, July 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Banfi / Two Scorpionfish (Scorpaena porcus) lying on the artificial reef, Larvotto Marine Reserve, Monaco, Mediterranean Sea, July 2009

Tim Laman / Spotted scorpionfish {Scorpaena plumieri} rest among Sea grass in front of Red mangrove roots. Tunicate Cove, Belize.

Fred Bavendam / Common Lionfish (Pterois volitans), Nusa Tengarra, Indonesia

Fred Bavendam / Common Lionfish (Pterois volitans), Bali, Indonesia

Fred Bavendam / Common Lionfish (Pterois volitans), Bali, Indonesia

Fred Bavendam / Common Lionfish (Pterois volitans), Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea

Fred Bavendam / Spotfin Lionfish (Pterois antennata), Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea

Fred Bavendam / Spotfin Lionfish (Pterois antennata) pair, Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea

Fred Bavendam / Zebra Lionfish (Dendrochirus zebra) pair, Lembeh Strait, Indonesia

Fred Bavendam / Shortfin Turkeyfish (Dendrochirus brachypterus), Lembeh Strait, Indonesia

Fred Bavendam / Leaf Scorpionfish (Taenianotus triacanthus), Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea

Fred Bavendam / Leaf Scorpionfish (Taenianotus triacanthus), Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea

Fred Bavendam / Popeyed Scorpionfish (Rhinopias frondosa), Lembeh Strait, Indonesia

Fred Bavendam / Merlet's Scorpionfish (Rhinopias aphanes), Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea

Fred Bavendam / Merlet's Scorpionfish (Rhinopias aphanes), Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea

Fred Bavendam / Merlet's Scorpionfish (Rhinopias aphanes) mimicking soft coral while waiting for prey, Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea

Fred Bavendam / Devil Scorpionfish (Scorpaenopsis diabolus), Andaman Sea, Thailand