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Subject: Stonefish are capable of sloughing their keratinised epidermal layer. This keratin layer accumulates algae and other fouling organisms, which grow on the stonefish's scaleless skin. Reef Stonefish (Synanceia verrucosa) only partially discard this keratin layer, so several layers accumulate over time and form a thick brown layer. Algae and other fouling organisms invade the discarded keratinised epidermal layers' accumulation, contributing to the almost perfect camouflage and warty appearance of this venomous ambush predator.
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Filmed in Mauritius 🇲🇺 using Sola video lights by Light & Motion
🎥 🎬 🎞 by Olivier Van den Broeck
Reef Stonefish (Synanceia verrucosa)
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