Pharaoh cuttlefish
Maximum length: 40 cm
Depth 1 - 110 m
8 arms and 2 tentacles.
During courtship with many brown stripes.
Feeds on crabs and fish.
Photos 1 - 2 Johnny: Bali Indonesia
Broadclub cuttlefish
Maximum length: 50 cm
Depth: 2 - 30 m +
Can show very different colour patterns.
Large and most common species.
Diurnal, feeds on fish and crustaceans.
You can get close to them if you swim slowly.
Photos 1 - 2 Johnny: Lembeh Strait North - Sulawesi
Ascarosepion pfefferi
Pfeffer's flamboyant cuttlefish
Maximum length: 8 cm
Its mantle has large, pointed outgrowths.
Can produce bright yellow, red and white, often pulsating patterns at lightning speed.
Its bite is extremely poisonous.
Photo 3 shows the cuttlefish laying eggs.
Photo 4 shows a clutch of eggs.
Photos 1 - 4 Johnny: Lembeh Strait North - Sulawesi
Berry's bobtail squid or Humming- bird bobtail squid
Maximum size: 5 cm
The two animals in my photos were max. 1 - 2 cm.
Small rounded body, completely covered with dark spots.
Colouration often iridescent blue-green.
Nocturnal, inhabits mud and sandy bottoms,
into which it can burrow in case of danger.
Strongly bottom-orientated.
Photos 1 - 2 Johnny: Bangka Island North - Sulawesi
Photos 3 - 4 Johnny: Lembeh Strait North - Sulawesi
Sepiadarium kochii
Bottletail cuttlefish or Koch's bottletail squid
Maximum length 3 cm
Hidden in the ground during the day, on the prowl at night.
Very difficult to photograph as it always disappears into the sand in the light.
Photos 1 - 2 Johnny: Bangka Island North Sulawesi