The spiny devil fish, normally buries itself on sand or silt with only it's eyes exposed, while awaiting to ambush small fishes and crustaceans. They have poisonous spine. This shot (taken by Karl Wozniak in Anilao, Batangas) was a rare moment....
Like other members of the frog fish family, it has a rounded, extensible body, and its soft skin is covered with irregularly-arranged soft spines resembling hairs. Its large mouth is extensible, allowing it to swallow prey as large as itself....
Frog fishes are small globular fishes with loose prickly skin, limb-like P fins with an elbow-like joint with a very large upward directed mouth . It also has a lure above it's mouth to attract other fishes that are swallowed whole! Common in the waters of Anilao,...
