False stonefish

Hello Reader,




Some fish have biofluorescence, and this one is in the list. Greetings to the false stonefish.

The biofluorescence probably is used in communication with other from the same species, and assist in their camouflage, sins the corals also have biofluorescence.

Unlike the real stonefish who have 13 venomous spines the false stonefish have 12, but still have the dangerous venom. And like the stonefish they wait for the prey came to the range of atack. The false stonefish prefers walking to swimming. Sometimes they even get covered with sediment.

Kingdom> Animalia
 Phylum> Chordata
  Subphylum> Vertebrata
   Class> Actinopterygii
    Order> Scorpaeniformes
     Family> Scorpaenidae
      Genus> Scorpaenopsis
       Species> S.diabolus

~catch you later

References:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scorpaenopsis_diabolus
http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0083259
http://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Scorpaenopsis_diabolus/classification/
https://australianmuseum.net.au/false-stonefish-scorpaenopsis-diabolus
https://www.thainationalparks.com/species/false-stonefish
Bray, D.J. 2017, Scorpaenopsis diabolus in Fishes of Australia, accessed 12 Feb 2018, http://fishesofaustralia.net.au/home/species/2124


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