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

Pete Oxford / Spotted Scorpionfish (Scorpaena plumieri) camouflaged in rocks near King Angelfish (Holacanthus passer), Tower Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Alex Mustard / Diver swimming over a coral reef with Staghorn coral (Acropora cervicornis) with Blue chromis (Chromis cyanea) and Spotted scorpionfish (Scorpaena plumieri). East End, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands, Br...

Brandon Cole / Stone scorpionfish (Scorpaena plumieri mystes), resting among algaes on rocky reef. Baja, Mexico, Pacific Ocean.

Pascal Kobeh / Pacific spotted scorpionfish (Scorpaena mystes) camouflaged on reef of Salvatierra shipwreck. Diver exploring in background. Baja California, Mexico.

Magnus Lundgren / Wild Wonders of China / Zebra lionfish, or zebra turkeyfish (Dendrochirus zebra) venomous species, Xiaoliuqiu Island, Taiwan

John Shaw / Pacific spotted scorpionfish (Scorpaena mystes) at Puerto Ayora fish market, Santa Cruz Island, Galapagos Islands. May.

Shane Gross / Spotted scorpionfish (Scorpaena plumieri) camouflaged on a sponge, The Bahamas.

Georgette Douwma / Zebra lionfish (Dendrochirus zebra). North Sulawesi, Indonesia.

Magnus Lundgren / Wild Wonders of China / Zebra lionfish (Dendrochirus zebra) Po Bin Chau, Sai Kung archipelago, Hong Kong, China.

David Fleetham / Stone scorpionfish (Scorpaena plumieri mystes) camouflaged against surrounding reef. Galapagos Islands National Park, Isabela Island, Ecuador.

David Fleetham / Dwarf lionfish (Dendrochirus brachypterus), Philippines.

Linda Pitkin / Spotted scorpionfish (Scorpaena plumieri) Bonaire, Leeward Antilles, Caribbean.

Linda Pitkin / Spotted scorpionfish (Scorpaena plumieri), camouflaged on coral reef Bonaire, Leeward Antilles, Caribbean.

Claudio Contreras / Stone / Pacific Spotted Scorpionfish (Scorpaena mystes), San Benedicto Island, Revillagigedo Archipelago Biosphere Reserve / Archipielago de Revillagigedo UNESCO Natural World Heritage Site (Socorro I...

Claudio Contreras / Stone / Pacific Spotted Scorpionfish (Scorpaena mystes), San Benedicto Island, Revillagigedo Archipelago Biosphere Reserve / Archipielago de Revillagigedo UNESCO Natural World Heritage Site (Socorro I...

Pete Oxford / Spotted scorpionfish (Scorpaena plumieri) Lighthouse Reef Atoll, Belize.

Georgette Douwma / Zebra lionfish (Dendrochirus zebra) Lembeh, Sulawesi, Indonesia.

Georgette Douwma / Zebra lionfish (Dendrochirus zebra) seen from behind against coral wall. Lembeh, Sulawesi, Indonesia.

Brandon Cole / Zebra lonfish (Dendrochirus zebra) with venomous pectoral fins fanned out, Indonesia, tropical Pacific Ocean.

Pete Oxford / Stone scorpionfish (Scorpaena plumeri mystes) venomous species. Galapagos.

Constantinos Petrinos / Zebra Turkeyfish (Dendrochirus zebra) resting next to a Crinoid during the day. Lembeh Strait, North Sulawesi, Indonesia.

Pascal Kobeh / Quillback rockfish / Orange-spotted rockfish (Sebastes maliger), Alaska, USA, Gulf of Alaska. Pacific ocean.

Pascal Kobeh / Quillback rockfish / Orange-spotted rockfish (Sebastes maliger), Alaska, USA, Gulf of Alaska. Pacific ocean.

Pascal Kobeh / Quillback rockfish / Orange-spotted rockfish (Sebastes maliger) among Giant plumrose anemones (Metridium farcimen), Alaska, USA, Gulf of Alaska. Pacific ocean.

Pascal Kobeh / Stone / Pacific spotted scorpionfish (Scorpaena mystes), Revillagigedo islands, Mexico. Pacific Ocean.

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.

Michele Westmorland / Portrait of Spotted scorpionfish (Scorpaena plumieri), St Vincent, West-Indies, Caribbean, May.

Michele Westmorland / Portrait of Spotted scorpionfish (Scorpaena plumieri), St Vincent, West-Indies, Caribbean, May.

Brandon Cole / Portrait of a Spotted Scorpionfish (Scorpaena plumieri). Dominica, Caribbean Sea, January.

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

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

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

Jeff Rotman / Spotted scorpionfish {Scorpaena guttata} Pacific ocean, USA

Dan Burton / Spotted scorpionfish (Scorpaena plumieri) camouflaged on coral reef, Red Sea

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

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

Georgette Douwma / Spotted Scorpionfish, off California, USA.

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

Fred Bavendam / Spotted Scorpionfish (Scorpaena plumieri), Malpelo Island, Colombia

Pete Oxford / Spotted Scorpionfish (Scorpaena plumieri) camouflaged on rock, Wolf Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

David Fleetham / Camouflaged Stone / Spotted scorpionfish (Scorpaena plumieri mystes) hiding on a reef, Revillagigedos Islands, Mexico.

Jurgen Freund / Spotted scorpionfish {Scorpaena plumieri} camouflaged on sandbar, Caribbean

Pete Oxford / Spotted Scorpionfish (Scorpaena plumieri) camouflaged in rocks, Tower Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador