Walking Devil Scorpionfish - Red Sea, Dahab, Egypt

Given scorpionfish don't have a gas bladder, they are negatively bouyant. Here's a video on just how these guys move around. How can you tell this is a Devil Scorpionfish? The pupil carries the sign of Batman:)

For an interesting pdf file on the Devil Scorpionfish, see:
http://www.octopusdivers.net/uk/newsletter/Octopus_Divers_Q1_2007.pdf

Compliments of Octopus Divers' website in Dahab. Enjoy fans of Batman :)

Category:

Pets & Animals

Tags:

• scuba
• diving
• red
• sea
• dahab
• devil
• scorpion
• fish
• underwater
• batman

[rjanzic]

So all fish swim, right? Nope. The devil scorpionfish is an example of a fish that cannot swim. It is negatively bouyant and can only move by hopping around or pulling itself along the ground with its pectoral (side) fins.

[arcrobe]

isnt it a close relative to horseshoe crabs?

[rjanzic]

Not really. The Horseshoe Crab is an invertebrate. This is a fish. I know the crab has a close relation to the scorpion, but this fish is related by name only :)

[akaApe]

is this some kind of a stonefish?

[rjanzic]

Nope. Although closely related they are from different fish families.

[masamune702]

lol that bastard looks like a pokemon lol

[shesobreezy]

scary looking basterd lol

[SkaterBeenieReptile]

looks like an old man with a very short cane

[ISteppedInCoprolite]

Does it have elbows? looks like it. He's definitely got a face only a mother or a batman convention freak could love - it's amazing they manage to procreate!!

[Cosmoses88888888]

helleluya!!!!!

[dnguyen11]

LOL batman fish. Awesome

[kindheartedmuah]

can it swim around or is walking/crawling the only way it can move to some place else?

[arcrobe]

o kk thanks cool vid