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Stonefish
The stonefish (Synanceia verrucosa, Bloch & Schneider, 1801), also known as the reef stonefish or dornorn, is a carnivorous ray-finned fish with venomous spines that lives on the sea bed, camouflaged as a rock.
A stonefish inhabits shallow coral reef areas and the rocky temperate waters of the Indo-Pacific. The camouflage of the stonefish allows it to blend in with the bottom of a reef area, where it waits motionlessly for prey to pass by.
Stonefish
Q: What is a stonefish?
A: A stonefish is an amazing fish! In fact it actually looks like a stone and rests on the bottom half-buried in sand.
species Electric Catfishes, Family Malapteruridae All species South American Parasitic Candiru Catfishes, Subfamilies Stegophilinae and Vandelliinae All species Pike Killifish, Family Poeciliidae Belonesox belizanus Marine Stonefishes, ...
A False Stonefish at North Solitary Island, New South Wales.
A False Stonefish at Ribbon Reefs, Great Barrier Reef
A False-eye Puffer at Ribbon Reef.
A fanfin anglerfish, Caulophryne jordani Goode & Bean, 1896 ...
horrid stonefish (Synanceia horrida)
humphead bannerfish (Heniochus varius)
humu humu trigger (Rhinecanthus aculeatus)
imperator angel (Pomacanthus imperator)
Indian butterfly (Chaetodon mitratus) ...
Synanceia verrucosa, Reef Stonefish
Synanceia horrida, Estuarine Stonefish
Synodus variegatus, Variegated Lizardfish
Synodus binotatus, Twospot Lizardfish
Synodus dermatogenys, Sand Lizardfish
Synodus rubromarmoratus, Redmarbled Lizardfish ...
LIONFISH - SCORPIONFISH - STONEFISH
SUBORDER DACTYLOPTEROIDEI
helmet gurnards
SUBORDER PLATYCEPHALOIDEI
Includes deepwater flatheads, searobins, armored gurnards, spiny flatheads, flatheads ...
The animals break off sponges and carry them over their snouts, thus protecting he delicate body part from dangerous creatures (like stonefish with venomous spines) during their hunt for fish on the seabed, and also dislodging fish they can snap up.
Cobras, stonefish, black widow spiders and scorpions use neurotoxins. Other venom (hemotoxin) attacks the circulatory system, causing pain, swelling and changes in the blood. Rattlesnakes, vipers and some spiders use hemotoxins.
stonefish). There are no species of venomous bird; however some birds are poisonous to eat or touch, such as the pitohui, the ifrita, and the Rufous or Little Shrike-thrush.
Sercastic fringehead (Neoclinus blanchardi), Sargassum Tiggerfish, Scrawled Cowfish, Seahorses, Sea Raven, Shaws Cowfish, Shiner Surfperch, Shrimp Fish, Spanish Hogfish, Squirrel Fish, Squrespot Anthias, Starry Flounder, Stinging Seacat, Stonefish, ...
 See also: Shrimp, Scorpion, Shark, Whale, Crustacean
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