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 biocellatus	Dendrochirus brachypterus	Dendrochirus zebra
Parapterois heterurus	Parapterois heterurus	Pteroidichthys amboinensis
Pterois antennata	Pterois radiata	Pterois russelii
Pterois volitans	Pterois volitans	Rhinopias cf eschmeyeri
Scorpaenodes cf evides	Scorpaenopsis guamensis	Scorpaenodes cf parvipinnis
Scorpaenodes? sp. 1	Scorpaenopsis diabolus	Scorpaenopsis diabolus
Scorpaenopsis macrochir	Scorpaenopsis oxycephala	Scorpaenopsis cf papuensis
Scorpaenopsis cf possi	Scorpaenopsis venosa	Scorpaenopsis sp. 1
Scorpaenopsis sp. 2	Scorpaenopsis? sp. 3	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

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