Galleria subacqueo - Immágines sottomarine

It is called the Big Scorpion Leaffish - Taenianotus triacanthus -, but with a length of 4 inches it belongs to the smaller ones in the family scorpionfishes - Scorpaeniadae. Most scorpion fishes live on or near the bottom. They are lieing in crevices, in caves and under overhangs. It is similar to a wilted leaf and waits with rocking movemeals at the current, to sook up the prey then lighting.