14 photos - 5 species


Acanthosepion pharaonis

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


Ascarosepion latimanus

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


Euprymna berryi

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