Dive at The Cod Hole (Ribbon Reef #10) on 16/09/2002 - ATJ's Diving Site

Dive Details

Location

The Cod Hole (Ribbon Reef #10)

Date

16 September, 2002

Time

11:07am - 12:03pm

Seas

Slight

Visibility

20

Duration

55 minutes

Maximum depth

12.7 m

Average depth

7 m

Water temperature

24.6°C

                                       

Dive Profile from Citizen Hyper Aqualand

Tides

High

12:46am

0.87m

High

6:11am

1.83m

High

12:08pm

0.61m

High

6:51pm

2.65m

Species Seen

 

Species

Common name

Size
(mm)

Number

  Fish

 

Serranidae

 

Fairy Basslet

Medium

Many

 

Purple Anthias

Medium

Many

 

Chaetodontidae

 

Threadfin Butterflyfish

Large

Few

 

Chaetodon baronessa

Triangular Butterflyfish

Large

Many

 

Citron Butterflyfish

Medium

Many

 

Saddled Butterflyfish

Large

Few

 

Klein's Butterflyfish

Medium

Many

 

Black-back Butterflyfish

Medium

Few

 

Ornate Butterflyfish

Large

Many

 

Dot-and-dash Butterflyfish

Medium

Many

 

Blue-dash Butterflyfish

Medium

Few

 

Chaetodon reticulatus

Reticulated Butterflyfish

Large

1

 

Chevroned Butterflyfish

Large

Many

 

Chaetodon trifasciatus

Redfin Butterflyfish

Large

Many

 

Double-saddle Butterflyfish

Large

Few

 

Teardrop Butterflyfish

Large

Few

 

Chaetodon vagabundus

Vagabond Butterflyfish

Large

Few

 

Forcipiger longirostris

Longnose Butterflyfish

Large

Few

 

Heniochus chrysostomus

Pennant Bannerfish

Large

Few

 

Heniochus varius

Humphead Bannerfish

Large

Few

 

Pomacanthidae

 

Bicolor Angel

Large

Many

 

Coral Beauty

Large

Many

 

Pearly-scaled Angel

Large

Many

 

Six-Bar Angelfish

Large

1

 

Pomacentridae

 

Barrier Reef Anemonefish

Small

Few

 

Barrier Reef Anemonefish

Large

Few

 

Labridae

 

Black-backed Wrasse

Small

Few

 

Black-backed Wrasse

Large

Many

 

Coris aygula

Clown Wrasse

Large

1

 

Gomphorus varius

Bird Wrasse

Large

Many

 

Checkerboard Wrasse

Large

Few

 

Eastern Leopard Wrasse

Small

1

 

Thalassoma amblycephalum

Two-tone Wrasse

Large

Many

 

Thalassoma lunare

Moon Wrasse

Large

Few

 

Yellow Moon Wrasse

Small

Few

 

Yellow Moon Wrasse

Large

Few

 

Gobiidae

 

Amblygobius rainfordi

Rainford's Goby

Large

1

 

Valenciennea strigata

Golden-headed Sleeper Goby

Large

2

 

Microdesmidae

 

Red Firefish

Medium

1

 

Acanthuridae

 

Zebrasoma scopas

Brown Sailfin Tang

Small

Few

 

Zebrasoma scopas

Brown Sailfin Tang

Medium

Few

 

Zebrasoma scopas

Brown Sailfin Tang

Large

Many

 

Zebrasoma veliferum

Sailfin Tang

Large

Many

 

Zanclidae

 

Moorish Idol

Large

Few

 

Signanidae

 

Siganus puellus

Bluelined Rabbitfish

Large

Few

 

Siganus vulpinus

Foxface

Large

Few

 

Monocanthidae

 

Orange-Spotted Filefish

Large

2