Fish of Indonesia – S

Various species photographed in 2023. All photos copyright by Martin Holladay and Karyn Patno.

Saddled butterflyfish – Chaetodon ephippium
Sailor’s eyeball – Valonia ventricosa
Sand shrimpgoby – Ctenogobiops feroculus
Sawtooth feather star (fighting a hermit crab) – Oligometra serripinna
Scalefin anthias – Pseudanthias squamippinis
Scaly damsel – Pomacentrus lepidogenys
Schroeder’s coralblenny – Ecsenius schroederii
Scissortail fusilier – Caesio caerulaurea
Scrawled filefish – Aluterus scriptus
Scribbled rabbitfish – Siganus spinus
Scissortail sergeant – Abudefduf sexfasciatus
Sculptured slipper lobster – Parribacus antarcticus
Scythe triggerfish – Sufflamen bursa
Semicircle angelfish – Ponacanthus semicirculatus
Semicircle angelfish juvenile – Ponacanthus semicirculatus
Sharksucker – Echeneis naucrates
Sharpnose sandperch – Parapercis cylindrica
Silver mono (silver moonfish) – Monodactylus argenteus
Silver-streaked damsel – Altichthys azurelineatus
Silverstripe mudslicker (silverlined mudskipper) – Periophthalmus argentilineatus
Sinclair’s damsel – Chrusiptera sinclairi
Singular bannerfish – Heniochus singularius
Six-banded angelfish – Pomacanthus sextriatus
Sixbar wrasse – Thalassoma hardwicke
Sixlined soapfish – Grammistes sexlineatus
Sixspot goby – Valenciennea sexguttata
Sixstripe wrasse – Pseudocheilinus hexataenia
Sleek unicornfish – Naso hexacanthus
Slender fusilier – Gymnocaesio gymnoptera
Slender grouper – Anyperodon leucogrammicus
Slender lizardfish (slender sandperch) – Saurida gracilis
Slender lizardfish (slender sandperch) – Saurida gracilis
Slender reef damsel – Pomachromis richardsoni
Slingjaw wrasse – Epibulus insidiator
Slingjaw wrasse – yellow variation – Epibulus insidiator
Slingjaw wrasse juvenile – Epibulus insidiator
Smalltooth emperor – Lethrinus microdon
Snowflake moray – Echidna nebulosa
Snubnose pompano – Trachinotus blochii
Solanders toby – Canthigaster solandri
Solar fairy wrasse – Cirrhilabrus solorensis
Solor boxfish – Ostracion solorensis
Spaghetti worm 1 – Terebellidae sp
Spanish dancer – Hexabranchus sanguineus
Spanish dancer eggs – Hexabranchus sanguineus
Speckled butterflyfish – Chaetodon citrinellus
Speckled damsel – Pomacentrus bankanensis
Speckledfin grouper – Epinephelus ongus
Speckled sandperch – Parapercis hexophtalma
Spinecheek anemonefish – Premnas biaculeatus
Spiny chromis (spiny puller) – Acanthochromis polyacanthus
Spiny chromis (spiny puller) juvenile – Acanthochromis polyacanthus
Splendid red spooner crab – Etisus splendidus
Splitband cardinalfish – Ostorhinchus compressus
Spot-banded butterflyfish – Chaetodon punctatofasciatus
Spotcheek emperor – Lethrinus rubrioperculatus
Spotfin lionfish – Pterois antennata
Spotfin squirrelfish – Neoniphon sammara
Spotgill cardinalfish – Ostorhinchus chrysopomus
Spot-tail butterflyfish – Chaetodon ocellicaudus
Spotted boxfish – Ostracion meleagris
Spotted boxfish – Ostracion meleagris
Spotted eagle-ray – Aetobatis narinari
Spotted fin bigeye – Priacanthus macracanthus
Spotted parrotfish (bicolor parrotfish) – Cetoscarus ocellatus
Spotted parrotfish (bicolor parrotfish) – intermediate phase – Cetoscarus ocellatus
Spotted parrotfish (bicolor parrotfish) juvenile – Cetoscarus ocellatus
Spotted sandperch (brown-blotched sandperch) – Parapercis millepunctata
Spotted shrimpgoby – Amblyeleotris guttata
Springer’s damsel – Chrysiptera springeri
Squaretail coral grouper – Plectropomus areolatus
Squaretail mullet – Ellochelon vaigiensis
Staghorn damsel – Amblyglyphidodon curacao
Staghorn damsel – Amblyglyphidodon curacao
Stareye parrotfish – Calotomus carolinus
Stareye parrotfish – Calotomus carolinus
Starry goby – Asterropteryx semipunctata
Starry grouper – Cephalopholis polyspila
Starry grouper – Cephalopholis polyspila
Starry night octopus – Callistoctopus luteus
Steephead parrotfish – Chlorurus microrhinos
Steinitz shrimpgoby – Amblyeleotris steinitzi
Striped cardinalfish – Ostorhinchus angustatus
Striped catfish – Plotosus lineatus
Striped goatfish – Upeneus vittatus
Striped dwarfgoby – Eviota sebreei
Striped monocle-bream – Scolopsis lineata
Striped puffer – Arothron manilensis
Striped surgeonfish – Acanthurus lineatus
Sunset wrasse – Thalassoma lutecens
Surf parrotfish – Scarus rivulatus
Swarthy parrotfish (dusky parrotfish) – Scarus-niger
Sweetlip emperor – Lethrinus miniatus
Swollen phyllidia nudibranch – Phyllidia varicosa
Synapted cucumber – Euapta godeffroyi