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

David Fleetham / Tiny eyes of Spider conch / Scorpion shell (Lambis scorpius) peering from underside of shell, Philippines.

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

Jurgen Freund / X-ray of shell of spider conch {Lambis chiragra}

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 reef, 20 feet deep, Red Sea

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

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.

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, Ireland, April.

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

Constantinos Petrinos / Humpback scorpionfish (Scorpaenopsis gibbosa) portrait. Lembeh Strait, North Sulawesi, Indonesia.

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

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

Franco Banfi / Scuba diver and great rockfish (Scorpaena scrofa) on Brioni Steamship wreck, Vis Island, Croatia, Adriatic Sea, Mediterranean

Franco Banfi / Great rockfish (Scorpaena scrofa) on Brioni Steamship wreck, Vis Island, Croatia, Adriatic Sea, Mediterranean

Franco Banfi / Leaf scorpion fish (Taenianotus triacantus) Maldives, Indian Ocean

Franco Banfi / Leaf scorpion fish (Taenianotus triacantus) Maldives, Indian Ocean

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.

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

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

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, Ireland, August. meetyourneighbours.net project

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

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

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

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

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

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

Linda Pitkin / 2020VISION / Sculpin or Sea scorpion (Myoxocephalus scorpius), St Abbs (St Abbs and Eyemouth Voluntary Marine Reserve), Berwickshire, Scotland, UK, October 2011

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

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