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pl23_nur00520.jpg

Scorpionfish's ugly visage allows it to hide in northern seaweed beds

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Description

Scorpionfish's ugly visage allows it to hide in northern seaweed beds.Scorpaena plumieri.

Credit

OAR/National Undersea Research Program (NURP); National Marine Fisheries Service-- Woods Hole Lab

Photographer

K. Pecci

Display Date

1976 May

Location

Temperate Atlantic Ocean, offshore Massachusetts.

Collection

Voyage to Inner Space

National Undersea Research Program (NURP) Collection

Sea Life

Seafloor Vertebrates