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Estuarine stonefish

Synanceia horrida

Habitat:

Rajamangala Aquarium

Notes:

Eats small fish, shrimp and other crustaceans, waiting for them to swim by. It is an ambush predator.

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2 Comments

Olivia Chee
Olivia Chee 10 years ago

That's the beauty of stonefish disguise. In the third picture, I thought it was a statue until it moved one fin.

alicelongmartin
alicelongmartin 10 years ago

Monster-like, need a diagram to identify the mouth and eyes!

Olivia Chee
Spotted by
Olivia Chee

ตรัง, จังหวัดตรัง, Thailand

Spotted on Jun 19, 2013
Submitted on Jun 20, 2013

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