A juvenile giant frogfish, Antennarius commerson. This is a purple variation resting on coral. As an ambush preditor, it blends into its surroundings

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A juvenile giant frogfish, Antennarius commerson. This is a purple variation resting on coral. As an ambush preditor, it blends into its surroundings and then waits for a passing meal, which it then sucks into its mouth at high speed. Photographed at Vaagiri, Kandooma, South Male Atoll in the Maldives

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Photo credit: © SCUBAZOO/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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Keywords: ambush, antennariidae, antennarius, atoll, biology, camouflage, commerson, coral, fish, frogfish, giant, juvenile, kandooma, maldives, male, marine, predator, purple, reef, resting, south, sponge, underwater, vaagiri, zoology