Lembeh Strait Scorpionfish (Scorpaenidae)

This page covers the Scorpionfish that we photographed on one dive trip to Lembeh Strait, Sulawesi, Indonesia in late 2013. It is not a complete listing of the Scorpaenidae that occur there but shows only those for which we happened to get photos. Many scorpions are highly variable and difficult to identify from photos or often even with a fish in hand. Also, some of our unknown species may be variations of others we figure separately. Therefore, many of our IDs must be regarded as tentative.

Dendrochirus brachypterus	Dendrochirus brachypterus	Dendrochirus zebra
Pteroidichthys amboinensis	Pteroidichthys amboinensis	Pterois antennata
Pterois volitans	Rhinopias eschmeyeri	Scorpaenidae sp. 1
Scorpaenidae sp. 2	Scorpaenidae sp. 3	Scorpaenidae sp. 4
Scorpaenidae sp. 5	Scorpaenidae sp. 6	Scorpaenidae sp. 7
Scorpaenidae sp. 8	Scorpaenopsis macrochir	Scorpaenopsis macrochir
Scorpaenopsis macrochir	Scorpaenopsis oxycephalus	Scorpaenopsis cf papuensis
Scorpaenopsis venosa	Scorpaenopsis sp. 1	Scorpaenopsis sp. 2
Scorpaenopsis sp. 3	Scorpaenopsis sp. 4	Scorpaenopsis sp. 5
Scorpaenopsis sp. 6	Scorpaenopsis sp. 7	Scorpaenopsis sp. 8
Scorpaenopsis sp. 9	Scorpaenopsis sp. 10	Sebastapistes strongia

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