A new scorpionfish was one of hundreds of new species discovered during the international Census of Marine Life.
Kelp forests shelter huge red-lipped tree fish and scorpionfish.
Scorpionfish are robust, bottom-living, marine fish with well-developed fins and body spines.
Fish species found in the islands include many species of shark, ray, moray eel, bream, jack, grunt, scorpionfish, triggerfish, grouper, goby, and blenny.
The venom of the leaf scorpionfish is considerably weaker than that of the lionfish and stonefish.
As with other species of scorpionfish, the spines of the blackbelly rosefish contain toxic venom and have reportedly caused injuries to humans.
False scorpionfish occur on rocky bottoms and reefs, almost always those with ample seagrass covering.
False scorpionfish have 36 to 44 lateral line scales.
