Description

Also known as Longspine Waspfish, Long-spined Waspfish, Sailfin Waspfish, Whiteface Roguefish, Whiteface Waspfish.

Found singly, over mud and silty hard bottoms, around corals, rocks, and seagrass beds, of reefs.
They feed nocturnally on tiny crustaceans, by ambushing their prey pretending to be a dead leaf.
Length - 13cm
Depth - 1-70m
Widespread Indo-West Pacific

Waspfish can be distinguished from the Leaf Fish that belongs to the Scorpionfish family, by the Dorsal Fins that begin above or in the front of the eyes.
Most species sway back and forth to mimic debris as they wait for their victims to venture close.
Extremely venomous. Ref: https://www.fishbase.se/summary/Paracentropogon-longispinis.html