[2] The overall colour is reddish-brown marked with numerous darker slender to wide vertical bars, these are thin and angled on the caudal peduncle.

There is a scattering of dark spots on the anal, dorsal and caudal fins.

The long tentacles over each eye are banded and in larger adults there are bluish-black blotches close the pectoral fin bases.

[2] Pterois antennata is a nocturnal hunter which is most active just after nightfall and which spends the day hiding in crevices and caves facing inwards with its venomous spines pointing backwards.

They prey mainly on crustaceans and small fishes, including juveniles of their own species, which are approached slowly using undulating fins.

Predators of this species include sharks and the cornet fish Fistularia commersonii.