Lembeh Strait, Sulawesi, Indonesia Fishes

This page presents fishes we photographed on one 17-day dive trip to Lembeh Strait, Sulawesi, Indonesia. Although we tended to focus our attention on nudibranchs and sea slugs, we did get a few photos of various fish. These pages, however, do not show many (or even most) of the fish that can be found in Sulawesi or Indonesia. Note that the sizes shown for species are generally the maximum size reported by fishbase rather than the sizes of any individuals we photographed, although sometimes I'm not sure if those maximum sizes are correct. Common names were drawn from either iNaturalist or Fishbase or both and often did not agree. I'm sure looking a few more references we'd have found additional common names.

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Angelfish Pomacanthidae	Barracuda Sphyraenidae	Batfish (Spadefish) Ephippidae
Bigeyes Priacanthidae	Blenny Blenniidae	Boxfish and Cowfish Ostraciidae
Breams Nemipteridae	Butterflyfish Chaetodontidae	Cardinalfish Apogonidae
Catfish Plotosidae	Clingfish Gobiesocidae	Comet Plesiopidae
Coronetfish Fistulariidae	Damsels and Clownfish Pomacentridae	Dottybacks Pseudochromidae
Dragonets Callionymidae	Eels Muraenidae, Ophichthidae, Congridae	Emperors Lethrinidae
Fairy Basslets (Anthias) Serranidae-Anthiadinae	Filefish Monacanthidae	Flatheads Platycephalidae
Flounders and Soles Bothidae, Paralichthyidae, Soleidae	Frogfish Antennariidae	Ghost Pipefish Solenostomidae
Gobies Gobiidae	Groupers Serranidae	Gurnards Dactyloptenidae
Hawkfish Cirrhitidae	Jacks Carangidae	Jawfish Opistognathidae
Lizardfish Synodontidae	Parrotfish Scaridae	Pipefish and Seahorses Syngnathidae
Porcupinefish Diodontidae	Puffers Tetradontidae	Rabbitfish Siganidae
Razorfish Centriscidae	Sand Divers Trichonotidae	Sandperch Pinguipedidae
Scorpionfish Scorpaenidae	Sea Moths Pegasidae	Snappers Lutjanidae
Soapfish Liopropomatidae	Stargazers Uranoscopidae	Stingrays Dasyatidae
Stonefish and Devilfish Synanceiidae	Sweetlips Haemulidae	Surgeonfish Acanthuridae
Triggerfish Balistidae	Triplefins Tripterygiidae	Velvetfish Apolactinidae
Waspfish Tetraogidae	Wrasses Labridae