Black-banded Flathead

Found singly, buried with just their heads showing, or resting on mud, rubble, and sandy bottoms, of bays and coastal reefs.
They feed nocturnally on fish and swimming invertebrates.

Flatheads are closely related to Scorpionfish.
Their eyes are covered by a tasselled curtain which helps to disguise them from predators. The tassels expand and contract with intensity of light.