This beast is a Spotted Scorpionfish. They can be anywhere from 7-18in long.
As you can probably guess from what you see here, they are very adept at camouflage… using their ability to change color to blend in with their surroundings.
They like to lie motionless on the bottom… looking more like algae covered rocks than fish. So very often, we only see them because they chose to move while in our line of sight.
I was taking pixtures this guy when he did this open his mouth real wide thing.
I’m not sure if it meant something or was just a yawn… but it did make him look kind of fierce.
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