Red Lionfish
Scientific name: Pterois volitans
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Average lifespan Up to 10 years |
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Size Up to 0.5 m |
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Distribution Pacific Ocean |
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Did you know?
Red lionfish usually ambush predators, by waiting for their prey to approach closely before strikes towards them. The bright brown and white “zebra stripes” helps them to camouflage and confuse their predators. The beautiful fan-like fins possess a harmful venom to protect themselves from predators |
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Average lifespan Up to 10 years |
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Size Up to 0.5 m |
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Distribution Pacific Ocean |
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Did you know?
Red lionfish usually ambush predators, by waiting for their prey to approach closely before strikes towards them. The bright brown and white “zebra stripes” helps them to camouflage and confuse their predators. The beautiful fan-like fins possess a harmful venom to protect themselves from predators. |
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Reef Stonefish
Scientific name: Synanceia verrucosa
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Average lifespan 5 to 10 years |
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Size Up to 0.5 m |
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Distribution Indo-Pacific Ocean |
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Did you know?
Stonefish body is covered with grey, a red, orange, and yellow patch which enables stonefish to blend with their environment. Stonefish protect itself by a dorsal fin that modified into 13 sharp spines. When threatened, stonefish will erect these spines to protect themselves. Stonefish is an ambush predator. It will wait patiently for the prey to appear and attack its predators and swallows it in whole in a blink of an eye. |
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Average lifespan 5 to 10 years |
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Size Up to 0.5 m |
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Distribution Indo-Pacific Ocean |
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Did you know?
Stonefish body is covered with grey, a red, orange, and yellow patch which enables stonefish to blend with its environment. Stonefish protect itself by a dorsal fin that modified into 13 sharp spines. When threatened, stonefish will erect these spines to protect themselves. Stonefish is an ambush predator. It will wait patiently for the prey to appear and attack its predators and swallows it in whole in a blink of an eye. |
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