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Pterois volitan
Photo take at -35 ft in a Caribbean reef.Time 12:03 pm this is an invasive species in the Caribbean sea. Pterois is a genus of venomous marine fish found mostly in the Indo-Pacific, known collectively as the lionfish. Pterois is characterized by red, white and black stripes, showy pectoral fins and venomous spiky fin rays.
Native from Indian Ocean: Red Sea, South Africa, Indonesia, Also known in eastern Mediterranean. Today is found also from Florida to Colombia in the Caribbean.
Spotted on Mar 15, 2012
Submitted on Mar 15, 2012
4 Comments
Thanks Nopayahnah, Harduame and Carbon
as beautiful as dangerous and invasive for the coral reef of the caribbean sea
Fantastico!!!!
wonderful!