Its diet consists of various types of fish and shrimps. Stonefish hunts its prey using the factor of surprise (an ambush predator). ... Stonefish has several predators, such as big sharks (great white and tiger shark) and rays. Unlike other species of fish, stonefish is able to survive 24 h outside the water.

Are stonefish predators?

As the most venomous fish in the sea, most would assume that stonefish kill their prey using the venom in their spines, but this is not the case. Instead, stonefish are ambush predators which capture their prey – typically small fish and crustaceans – with speed.

What does a stone fish eat?

Feeding. The reef stonefish eats mostly small fish, shrimp and other crustaceans. It captures prey by sitting motionless on the reef floor and waiting for animals to swim by. The stonefish will then engulf its prey, doing so at incredible speeds.