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10 of the World’s Most Dangerous Fish: Media

Don’t let their innocent fishy faces fool you.

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Lionfish
Lionfishes (Pterois) make up any of several species of showy Indo-Pacific fishes...
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red-bellied piranha
A red-bellied piranha (Pygocentrus nattereri) from the Amazon River.
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puffer fish
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red lionfish
Red lionfish (Pterois volitans).
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candiru
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great white shark
Great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias).
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mosaic moray eel
A mosaic moray eel (Enchelycore ramosa) inhabits a crevice in a rock formation....
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Tigerfish.
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Stonefish (Synanceia verrucosa).
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manta ray
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electric eel
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