Common Name: Pharaoh Cuttlefish
Species Name: Sepia pharaonis Ehrenberg, 1831
Range: Red Sea and Indo-Pacific
Size: Up to 18 inches (45 cm)
Natural Environment: Found throughout various environments, from inshore reef areas to open sea
General Husbandry: Prefer a temperature range of 59 - 77°F (15 - 25°C). Consume large amounts of meaty foods and should be housed in large aquariums with a highly oxygenated water supply. Those interested in obtaining captive breed cuttlefish can contact the National Resource Center for Cephalopods. Note, S. officinalis species is one of the most common and easiest to maintain. Both are shown here.
Aquarium Suitability: * * * * *
Anemonefishes - Angelfishes - Anthias - Assessors - Bannerfish - Basslets (Dottybacks and Grammas) - Batfishes - Blennies - Boxfishes - Butterflyfishes - Cardinalfishes - Catfishes - Cuttlefish - Damselfishes - Dartfishes - Dragonets - Drums - Eels - Filefishes - Flashlight fishes - Frogfishes - Goatfishes - Gobies - Sleeper Gobies - Groupers - Hamlets - Hawkfishes - Jacks - Jawfishes - Lion fishes - Livebearing Brotula - Mollies - Moorish Idol - Parrotfishes - Pinecone fishes - Pipefishes - Porcupine fishes - Pufferfishes - Rabbitfishes - Rays - Scats - Seahorses - Sharks - Shrimpfishes - Snappers - Soldierfishes - Squirrelfishes - Surgeonfishes (Tangs) - Sweetlips - Tilefishes - Triggerfishes - Wrasses
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* - Suited for the reef aquarium;
** - Better suited for the fish-only aquarium;
*** - Better left in nature;
**** - Needing an aquarium larger than 125 gallons; and,
***** - Needing their own private environment/special tankmates.