Trachicephalus uranoscopus - Stargazing stonefish

 I got this fish from a survey, a single specimen. The photo was bad, without fins spread. So I decided to draw it. Without fins spread, details from them were referenced from several different photos. So the drawing is kind of combined image of the species, not all details are accurate. This was one of my "fast drawing plan"!

 This is the only known species of the genus. Stargazing stonefish belongs to Synanceiidae (Stonefish). They live in estuaries and coastal areas. The fish is known to be venomous.

Size of the drawing: 12 cm.

Draft:

 



Adding more details:

 

I decided to stop at this stage, it is possible to do more fine tuning anyway:



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