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Pterois antennata

Original - Antennata Lionfish in Schönbrunn Zoo, Vienna, Austria.The Antennata Lionfish belongs to Pterois a genus of venomous, marine fish found mostly in the Indo-Pacific. Scorpionfish is another common name of Pterois, as its spines are venomous. This venom is said to be painful, but the sting of a lionfish is not fatal for human beings. Both the mimicry and the venom are important defenses. When a predator identifies any Pterois in disguise with the habitat, the sting from its back will keep predators away for quite a long time.

Reason

The detail is fantastic.

Articles this image appears in

Pterois, Lionfish

Creator

commons:User:Chmehl

• Support as nominatorBewareofdog (talk) 01:11, 16 January 2008 (UTC)
• Support - exceptional.--Svetovid (talk) 00:28, 17 January 2008 (UTC)
• Support Wow! Very well done! Clegs (talk) 01:18, 17 January 2008 (UTC)
• Comment Good pic, but only appears in a gallery. Would the nominator rectify? Consider mentioning the intense pain upon contact with the spines instead of the less interesting anatomical bit. Jeff Dahl (Talk • contribs) 01:54, 17 January 2008 (UTC)
  • I inserted it as the main image since it's the best in that article and the previous one wasn't very good.--Svetovid (talk) 11:06, 17 January 2008 (UTC)
• support, though slightly weakly very nice over all, but has some color fringing and mild oversharpening. de Bivort 05:01, 17 January 2008 (UTC)
• Support. Like a breath of fresh air. I know I said much the same on Commons. ^^ Samsara (talk • contribs) 05:41, 17 January 2008 (UTC)
• support exciting picture -- H92110 (talk) 12:09, 17 January 2008 (UTC)
• Support Excellent photo, fulfills all requirements and then some. --Bridgecross (talk) 15:04, 17 January 2008 (UTC)
• Support Durova^Charge! 08:36, 18 January 2008 (UTC)
• Support...of course. Amazing photo and lighting for that depth. The composition is better than most perfect-weather pics.DMCer™ 07:18, 19 January 2008 (UTC)
• Support. Well-done. - Darwinek (talk) 13:08, 20 January 2008 (UTC)
• Support as I did on Commons. Great use of colour, contrast, composition etc. Chris.B 14:45, 20 January 2008 (UTC)
• Support Minor technical grievances aside, this picture is encyclopedic as anything and should be an FP. --Sharkface217 02:10, 21 January 2008 (UTC)

Promoted Image:MC Rotfeuerfisch.jpg MER-C 02:15, 23 January 2008 (UTC)