Butterfly Cod (Pterols volitans). A fish of evil reputation but extraordinary beauty. Having numerous sp8ines endowed tih venom-glands, it is accorded proper respect by its neighbours, before whom it flaunts its greatly enlarged and gorgeously coloured fins..
Description: English: A Lion Fish at the national aquarium in Washington DC. Date: 11 November 2008. Source: Own work. Author: Bachrach44. Permission (Reusing this file): Public domainPublic domainfalsefalse. : I, the copyright holder of this work, release this work into the public domain. This applies worldwide. In some countries this may not be legally possible; if so: I grant anyone the right to use this work for any purpose, without any conditions, unless such conditions are required by law. Public domainPublic domainfalsefalse.
Description: English: Lionfish about 40 miles off the North Carolina coast in 140 feet of water. Date: Summer 2001 date QS:P,+2001-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P4241,Q40720564. Source: taken during the summer of 2001 by Paula Whitfield, of the NOAA Center for Coastal Fisheries and Habitat Research in Beaufort, N.C.Transferred from en.wikipedia to Commons by User:Quadell using CommonsHelper. Author: Paula Whitfield.
Description: Pterois volitans (rascasse) Deutsch: Pazifischer Rotfeuerfisch, Nahaufnahme im New England Aquarium von Boston. Date: November 2006. Source: transfered from de:Bild:Rotfeuerfisch nah.JPG (Original text: Profifotograf Christian von Montfort). Author: user:Symbiosus 16:18, 28. Mär. 2007 (CEST).
