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lumpfish & leaf scorpionfish
Prompt: Scorpionfish 💦 ⚓ Sulani
@incandescentsims MerMay challenge 🦪
I found a bunch of pictures I took when I visited aquariums. Totally forgot I had those. Turns out a lot of them are pretty nice so I thought I'd share~
The pattern on this guy makes it a bit of a clusterfuck. Happy with it though, and it definitely communicates "Lionfish". MerLiomon Level: Champion/Adult Type: Tropical Fish Attribute: Virus Field: Deep Savers Vicious digimon that patrol the shallows of the net ocean, specialised to hunt other aquatic digimon. Their name comes from their fierce disposition, though they aren't actually related to other Leomon species. With Tox Trident they jab at foes and poison them with the teeth of their harpoon, or fire a torrent of poison from it to toxify the waters around them. By rattling their fins they flaunt their venomous spines with their Scorpion Dance; the slightest prick paralysing their target and leaving them helpless, even stopping the hearts of weaker digimon. Possible Rookie: Swimmon, Elecmon, Gizamon, Tinkermon Possible Ultimate: Mermaimon, Splashmon, WaruSeadramon, MarinDevimon
I found five different scorpionfish on this dive, but this one had the most interesting fluoro pattern!
Kat Zhou
Best named spooky sea creature:
Skeleton panda tunicate
Ghost catshark
Headless chicken monster
Scaleless black dragonfish
Devil scorpionfish
Elephant nose chimera
Red X
Black Devil anglerfish
Vampire squid
Dead man’s fingers
Smallscale Scorpionfish Scorpaenopsis oxycephala
It has a wide distribution in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is a nocturnal ambush predator feeding on fishes and crustaceans. When in shallow waters, swimmers may accidentally tread on them which may cause painful injury from the venomous spines.
Least Concern
image by Patrick Désormais
Another scorpionfish portrait. I wish I had its facial hair.
Malapascua, The Philippines, 2024