Distribution: from the Red Sea and Eastern Africa to Southern Japan, French Polynesia and the Great Barrier Reef.
Often confused with the false stonefish, Scorpaenopsis diabolus.
at Siladen (Indonesia) © paradis974
at Bora Bora Aquarium (Tahiti and the Society Islands)
at First Bay (Jordan)
at Princess Beach (Israel)
at Lagon de l’Hermitage (Réunion Island)
at Gun Beach (Guam)
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