Spotted scorpionfish (Scorpaena plumieri)

Scorpionfish's ugly visage allows it to hide in northern seaweed beds. Scorpaena plumieri.

Image ID: nur00520, National Undersearch Research Program (NURP) Collection
Location: Temperate Atlantic Ocean, offshore Massachusetts.
Photo Date: 1976 May
Photographer: K. Pecci
Credit: OAR/National Undersea Research Program (NURP); National Marine Fisheries Service-- Woods Hole Lab

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