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Lion Fish

Pterois volitans

Description:

It was very small and had dark red stripes going down its body,it had numerose spikes on its top fin and side fins.The spikes which give the scorpion fish its name are highly dangerouse. This can poisonous someone if they touched it.It swam very close to the sandy floor.

Habitat:

Coral Reef

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Student 11 years ago
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2 Comments

kfox
kfox 10 years ago

Wow! Beautiful!!!!!

cullenb1
cullenb1 11 years ago

nice pic!

Singapore American School
Spotted by a stud ent at Singapore American School

Indonesia

Spotted on Mar 31, 2013
Submitted on Mar 31, 2013

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