Order:  Scorpaeniformes 

Identification for Divers.
Leaf Fish - Taenianotus triacanthus and Cockatoo Waspfish - Ablabys taenianoyus
There are a number of common name variations for these species. The Leaf Fish with an unusually thin compressed appearance gently sway in the surge like a dead leaf. The Cockatoo Waspfish is quite easily recognized by the long sail like dorsal fin which originates above the eyes.
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012. Leaf Scorpionfish

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011. Leaf Scorpionfish

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010. Leaf Scorpionfish

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009. Leaf Scorpionfish

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008. Leaf Scorpionfish

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007. Juvenile Leaf Scorpionfish

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006. Leaf Scorpionfish

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005. Leaf Scorpionfish

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004. A Leaf fish ready to ambush Mushroom Coral Pipefish

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003. Leaf Scorpionfish

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002. Cockatoo Waspfish

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001. Cockatoo Waspfish

Phantom Velvet Fish - Paraploactis kagoshimensis
The fish has a mixture of appearence between the elongated body of wasp fish and chunkiness of the scorpion fish, all three are related. Amazingly this is a fish that can not swim as they have evolved without a gas bladder making them negatively buoyant.
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006. Note the spines along the jawline of this creature.

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001. Venomous dorsal spines of Scorpaeniformes