Red Lionfish
Scientific name: Pterois volitans
Average lifespan
Up to 10 years
Size
Up to 0.5 m
Distribution
Pacific Ocean
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.
Reef Stonefish
Scientific name: Synanceia verrucosa
Average lifespan
5 to 10 years
Size
Up to 0.5 m
Distribution
Indo-Pacific Ocean
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.
