Dive Details |
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Location |
North Horn, Osprey Reef, Coral Sea, |
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Date |
12 September, 2005 |
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Time |
11:55am - 12:35pm |
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Buddy |
Jamie Newman |
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Seas |
Flat |
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Visibility |
40 |
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Duration |
40 minutes |
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Maximum depth |
31.8 m |
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Average depth |
13.5 m |
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Water temperature |
24.9°C |
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Dive Profile from Citizen Hyper Aqualand |
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Tides |
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Low |
12:36am |
1.36m |
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High |
4:25am |
1.56m |
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Low |
10:31am |
1.03m |
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High |
5:59pm |
2.47m |
Species Seen |
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Species |
Common name |
Size
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Fish |
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Scorpaenidae |
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Pterois antennata
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Spotfin Lionfish |
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Serranidae |
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Epinephelus tukula |
Potato Cod |
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Pseudanthias hypselosoma |
Pink Seaperch |
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Pseudanthias squamipinnis
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Fairy Basslet |
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Pseudanthias tuka
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Purple Anthias |
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Chaetodontidae |
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Chaetodon auriga
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Threadfin Butterflyfish |
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Chaetodon baronessa |
Triangular Butterflyfish |
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Chaetodon citrinellus
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Citron Butterflyfish |
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Chaetodon ephippium
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Saddled Butterflyfish |
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Chaetodon flavirostris
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Dusky Butterflyfish |
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Chaetodon kleinii
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Klein's Butterflyfish |
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Chaetodon lineolatus
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Lined Butterflyfish |
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Chaetodon melannotus
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Black-back Butterflyfish |
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Chaetodon pelewensis
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Dot-and-dash Butterflyfish |
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Chaetodon plebeius
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Blue-dash Butterflyfish |
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Chaetodon reticulatus |
Reticulated Butterflyfish |
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Chaetodon trifasciatus |
Redfin Butterflyfish |
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Chaetodon ulietensis
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Double-saddle Butterflyfish |
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Forcipiger flavissimus
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Yellow Longnose Butterflyfish |
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Heniochus chrysostomus |
Pennant Bannerfish |
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Heniochus monoceros |
Masked Bannerfish |
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Heniochus varius |
Humphead Bannerfish |
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Pomacanthidae |
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Centropyge bicolor
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Bicolor Angel |
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Centropyge bispinosa
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Coral Beauty |
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Pygoplites diacanthus
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Regal Angelfish |
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Pomacentridae |
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Amphiprion akindynos
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Barrier Reef Anemonefish |
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Amphiprion chrysopterus |
Orange-fin Anemonefish |
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Cirrhitidae |
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Cirrhitichthys falco |
Coral Hawkfish |
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Paracirrhites arcatus
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Arc-eye Hawkfish |
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Paracirrhites forsteri
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Blackside Hawkfish |
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Labridae |
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Anampses neoguinaicus
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Black-backed Wrasse |
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Coris gaimard |
Gaimard's Wrasse |
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Gomphorus varius |
Bird Wrasse |
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Halichoeres chrysus
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Yellow Wrasse |
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Halichoeres hortulanus
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Checkerboard Wrasse |
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Labroides bicolor |
Bicolour Cleaner Wrasse |
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Labroides dimidiatus
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Cleaner Wrasse |
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Macropharyngodon meleagris
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Eastern Leopard Wrasse |
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Thalassoma janseni |
Jansen's Wrasse |
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Thalassoma lunare |
Moon Wrasse |
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Thalassoma lutescens
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Yellow Moon Wrasse |
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Microdesmidae |
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Nemateleotris magnifica
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Red Firefish |
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Acanthuridae |
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Acanthurus lineatus |
Lined Surgeon |
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Acanthurus nigricans |
Whitecheek Surgeonfish |
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Acanthurus nigrofuscus |
Dusky Surgeon |
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Naso lituratus
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Orangespine Unicornfish |
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Naso unicornis |
Blue-Spine Unicornfish |
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Zebrasoma scopas |
Brown Sailfin Tang |
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Zanclidae |
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Zanclus cornutus
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Moorish Idol |
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Signanidae |
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Siganus corallinus |
Coral Rabbitfish |
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Balistidae |
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Balistoides viridescens |
Titan Triggerfish |
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Sharks, Rays |
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Carcharhinidae |
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Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos
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Grey Reef Shark |
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Hemigaleidae |
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Triaenodon obesus
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Whitetip Reef Shark |
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Camera gear |
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Camera |
Nikon Coolpix 4500 |
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Housing |
Ikelite 6186 |
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Strobe |
Ikelite SubStrobe DS-50 |
Photographs |
Depth information, where present, indicates the depth of the camera when the photograph was taken and can be used to approximate the depth of the subject.
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Sea fan. 30.5 m.
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Anemone fish, Amphiprion sp. 29.5 m.
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Humphead bannerfish, Heniochus varius. 29.3 m.
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Whitetip reef shark, Triaenodon obesus. 22.7 m.
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Lobophyllia sp. colony. 23.1 m.
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Lobophyllia sp. colony shot with filters to show fluorescence. 23.1 m.
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A pair of red firefish, Nemateleotris magnifica. 20.5 m.
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Potato cod, Epinephelus tukula, being cleaned by a bicolor cleaner wrasse, Labroides bicolor, and a common cleaner wrasse, L. dimidiatus. 20 m.
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Amphiprion chrysopterus in Heteractis crispa. 17.5 m.
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Blackside hawkfish, Paracirrhites forsteri. 14 m.
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Heliofungia actiniformis. 14.9 m.
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Algae on rocks. 11.6 m.
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Montipora sp. colony. 10 m.
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Montipora sp. colony shot with filters to show fluorescence. 10 m.
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Pocillopora sp,, probably P, eydouxi, but possibly P. woodjonesi. 8.3 m.
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Montipora sp. colony. 8.2 m.
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Montipora sp. colony shot with filters to show fluorescence. 8.2 m.
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Porites sp. colony. 7.7 m.
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Porites sp. colony shot with filters to show fluorescence. 7.7 m.
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Clam, Tridacna and soft coral, Xenia sp. 6 m.
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Reef Scene. 7.4 m.
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Reef Scene. 6 m.
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White-cheek surgeonfish, Acanthurus nigricans. 5 m.
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Lined butterflyfish, Chaetodon lineolatus. 4.6 m.
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