Because the fish lay motionless under the stones during the shooting, and only unfolded its double fins when stimulated, I always thought it was a scorpion fish.
Taken on February 2, 2020, off ambon Island, Indonesia
In fact, it is a short-fin lionfish, also called short-tailed lion, short-fin lion, short-finned lion...
But I still want to say that this fish seems to be the middle breed of fish between scorpion fish and lion fish.
The scientific name of the shortfin lionfish is Dendrochirus brachypterus
The English name for shortfin lionfish is Fuzzy Dwarf Lionfish or Short fin lionfish
Features: Red, white and black stripes all over the body, pectoral fins spread like fans, dorsal fins like scorpion fish, no other lions exaggerated length of the dorsal fin.
The dorsal fin is poisonous.
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