Here's the first of an array of upcoming ugly philippine fish. I found this little chap on a night dive off Cabilao. For some reason this particular dive turned up a lot of tiny ambush predators. I'm fairly sure this is a reef stonefish but at this size its hard to be confident on species as these chaps are all similar and all variable. I also saw tiny scorpionfish and devilwalkers amongst other things.
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I'm sure not even his mother thought(?) him pretty, but he sure is beautiful as camouflaged for his own survival. Great, clear photo, but you almost need a overlay diagram to figure out the what part is where.
Great photo - one has to look so carefully to make it out. I don't know your email address, so I'm taking the opportunity here to wish you Happy Holidays. I hope these days are joyous for you.
Thanks Carl and Pam. The important part to make out is that big venomous spike on his back - seeing all these chaps crawling round makes one very wary of settling on the sand.
Best (but belated) wishes one and all.
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