Mr. Red Sea

Scorpaenopsis Diabolus Devil Scorpionfish – Ördög skorpióhal Devilfishes (also called sea goblins, bearded ghouls and demon stingers) have very special pectoral fin rays that can be moved independently from the rest of the fin. This looks as if the devilfish was walking over the ground. They look very clumsy and unwieldy because they also drag their extremely curved tails. The inner surface of their pectoral fins are brightly colored and they flash them if threatened. Sometimes several fish lie together. Devilfishes occur on sand and mud bottoms close to reefs and in seagrass meadows 1 to 70 m. They often bury themselves in the substrate. Lies motionless on rubble, sand algae or corals. Often misindetified as the stonefish, but flashes volourful underside of pectoral fins. Range: Red Sea to Hawaii and Pitcairn Islnad, north to Ryukyus, south to South Africa and GBR.

Devil scorpionfish from István Nagy on Vimeo.