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Bony fish

Painted Stingfish

Minous pictus

Also known as: Painted Stinger

Adult
@blogie · Isla Reta Beach Resort, Talikud Island, Island Garden City of Samal, Philippines · October 20111 / 1
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Overview

Found singly, during the day, buried or resting on mud and sandy bottoms, over estuaries, lagoons, and coastal reefs.
They feed nocturnally on crustaceans and small fish.

Stonefish are masters of camouflage looking and lying like stones and rocks waiting for their prey.
This is the most venomous fish in the world. It has thirteen stout spines in the dorsal fin which can inject a highly toxic venom if trodden on etc., most victims are reef walkers with flimsy shoes or no shoes.
However if the area around them is disturbed they will swim away.
Highly dangerous have been known to cause death.

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How to identify

Pattern
blotches
Body shape
spikeswings

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Habitat & where to find it

  • Range · Indo-West Pacific
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Found singly, during the day, buried or resting on mud and sandy bottoms, over estuaries, lagoons, and coastal reefs.

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Adult photos 1

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    Taxonomy

    1. kingdomAnimalia
    2. phylumChordata
    3. classTeleostei
    4. orderPerciformes
    5. familySynanceiidae
    6. genusMinous
    7. speciesMinous pictus Günther, 1880

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    More in the family

    Stonefishes (Synanceiidae)