Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Pterois antennata

Pterois antennata

**Original** - Antennata Lionfish in Schönbrunn Zoo, Vienna, Austria.The Antennata Lionfish belongs to **Pterois** a genus of venomous, marine fish found mostly in the Indo-Pacific. *Scorpionfish* is another common name of *Pterois*, as its spines are venomous. This venom is said to be painful, but the sting of a lionfish is not fatal for human beings. Both the mimicry and the venom are important defenses. When a predator identifies any *Pterois* in disguise with the habitat, the sting from its back will keep predators away for quite a long time.

Reason: The detail is fantastic.
Articles this image appears in: Pterois, Lionfish
Creator: commons:User:Chmehl

Support as nominatorBewareofdog (talk) 01:11, 16 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support - exceptional.--Svetovid (talk) 00:28, 17 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support Wow! Very well done! Clegs (talk) 01:18, 17 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Comment Good pic, but only appears in a gallery. Would the nominator rectify? Consider mentioning the intense pain upon contact with the spines instead of the less interesting anatomical bit. Jeff Dahl (Talk • contribs) 01:54, 17 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- I inserted it as the main image since it's the best in that article and the previous one wasn't very good.--Svetovid (talk) 11:06, 17 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
support, though slightly weakly very nice over all, but has some color fringing and mild oversharpening. de Bivort 05:01, 17 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support. Like a breath of fresh air. I know I said much the same on Commons. ^^ Samsara (talk • contribs) 05:41, 17 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
support exciting picture -- H92110 (talk) 12:09, 17 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support Excellent photo, fulfills all requirements and then some. --Bridgecross (talk) 15:04, 17 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support Durova^Charge! 08:36, 18 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support...of course. Amazing photo and lighting for that depth. The composition is better than most perfect-weather pics.DMCer ™ 07:18, 19 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support. Well-done. - Darwinek (talk) 13:08, 20 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support as I did on Commons. Great use of colour, contrast, composition etc. Chris.B 14:45, 20 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support Minor technical grievances aside, this picture is encyclopedic as anything and should be an FP. --Shark face 217 02:10, 21 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted Image:MC Rotfeuerfisch.jpg MER-C 02:15, 23 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]