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Best places to dive with Ambon scorpionfish
Pteroidichthys amboinensis
A small, heavily camouflaged scorpionfish with long eyebrow appendages and skin filaments that sway like drifting algae. Described from Ambon in 1856 and found from the Red Sea east to Fiji, north to southern Japan and south to Australia. IUCN lists it as Least Concern.
Destinations ranked by how reliably ambon scorpionfish is seen. The bars show the likelihood by month — never a guarantee. See the full species page for more.
Ambon, Indonesia
| Month | Likelihood |
|---|---|
| January | commonly seen |
| February | commonly seen |
| March | commonly seen |
| April | commonly seen |
| May | commonly seen |
| June | commonly seen |
| July | commonly seen |
| August | commonly seen |
| September | commonly seen |
| October | commonly seen |
| November | commonly seen |
| December | commonly seen |
A standard find on the Laha slopes year-round, though 'standard' still means a guide spotting a motionless, algae-coloured fish on sand. Easy to swim straight past unaided.