Bali scorpionfish (Scorpaenidae)

This page illustrates the species of scorpionfish we photographed on several dive trips to Bali, Indonesia. It is not a complete listing of the Scorpaenidae that occur there and shows only those for which we happened to get photos. While some of these are easy to identify, others, particularly the more cryptic Scorpaenidae, can be very difficult. Many of the names used here are tentative.

Dendrochirus zebra	Nemapterois biocellatus	Neochirus brachypterus
Parapterois heterura	Parapterois heterura	Pteroidichthys amboinensis
Pterois russelii	Pterois volitans	Pterois volitans
Pteropterus antennatus	Pteropterus radiatus	Rhinopias cf eschmeyeri
Scorpaenodes cf evides	Scorpaenopsis guamensis	Scorpaenodes cf parvipinnis
Scorpaenodes? sp. 1	Scorpaenopsis diabolus	Scorpaenopsis diabolus
Scorpaenopsis macrochir	Scorpaenopsis obtusa	Scorpaenopsis oxycephala
Scorpaenopsis cf papuensis	Scorpaenopsis cf possi	Scorpaenopsis venosa
Scorpaenopsis sp. 1	Scorpaenopsis sp. 2	Scorpaenopsis? sp. 3
Scorpaenopsis sp. 4	Sebastapistes strongia	Sebastapistes strongia
Sebastapistes strongia	Sebastapistes strongia	Sebastapistes strongia
Sebastapistes strongia	Sebastapistes strongia	Sebastipistes sp. 1
Sebastipistes sp. 2	Taenianotus triacanthus	Taenianotus triacanthus
Taenianotus triacanthus	Scorpaenidae sp. 1	Scorpaenidae sp. 2
Scorpaenidae sp. 3	Scorpaenidae sp. 4	Scorpaenidae sp. 5
Scorpaenidae sp. 6	Scorpaenidae sp. 7	Scorpaenidae sp. 8

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