Dive at Pixie Gardens, Ribbon Reef #10, GBR, on 11/9/05 - ATJ's Diving Site

Dive Details

Location

Pixie Gardens, Ribbon Reef #10, GBR,

Date

11 September, 2005

Time

9:28am - 10:10am

Details

This was my first dive on the trip and I had no idea how my hamstrings would go. I decided it would be safer to not have to worry about carrying a camera. After the dive, I realised I would be fine.

Buddy

Jamie Newman, Tristan

Seas

Flat

Visibility

30m

Duration

43 minutes

Maximum depth

17.1 m

Average depth

9.1 m

Water temperature

23.9°C

                                       

Tides

Low

8:19am

1.17m

High

5:20pm

2.19m

Species Seen

 

Species

Common name

Size
(mm)

Number

  Fish

 

Serranidae

 

Pseudanthias huchtii

Threadfin Anthias

 

Fairy Basslet

 

Purple Anthias

 

Pseudochromidae

 

Royal Dottyback

 

Chaetodontidae

 

Threadfin Butterflyfish

 

Chaetodon baronessa

Triangular Butterflyfish

 

Citron Butterflyfish

 

Klein's Butterflyfish

 

Lined Butterflyfish

 

Dot-and-dash Butterflyfish

 

Blue-dash Butterflyfish

 

Rainford's Butterflyfish

 

Chaetodon trifasciatus

Redfin Butterflyfish

 

Chaetodon vagabundus

Vagabond Butterflyfish

 

Yellow Longnose Butterflyfish

 

Pomacanthidae

 

Bicolor Angel

 

Coral Beauty

 

Pearly-scaled Angel

 

Regal Angelfish

 

Pomacentridae

 

Barrier Reef Anemonefish

 

Black Anemonefish

 

Premnas biaculeatus

Spinecheek Anemonefish

 

Cirrhitidae

 

Arc-eye Hawkfish

 

Labridae

 

Black-backed Wrasse

 

Coris gaimard

Gaimard's Wrasse

 

Gomphorus varius

Bird Wrasse

 

Yellow Wrasse

 

Checkerboard Wrasse

 

Hemigymnus fasciatus

Barred Thicklip

 

Half-and-Half Wrasse

 

Labroides bicolor

Bicolour Cleaner Wrasse

 

Cleaner Wrasse

 

Pseudocheilinus hexataenia

Sixline Wrasee

 

Stethojulis bandanensis

Red-Spot Wrasse

 

Thalassoma lunare

Moon Wrasse

 

Yellow Moon Wrasse

 

Blenniidae

 

Ecsenius lineatus

Klausewitz's Blenny

 

Gobiidae

 

Amblyeleotris guttata

Spotted shrimpgoby

 

Amblygobius rainfordi

Rainford's Goby

 

Microdesmidae

 

Red Firefish

 

Acanthuridae

 

Acanthurus pyroferus

Mimic Surgeonfish

 

Orangespine Unicornfish

 

Zebrasoma scopas

Brown Sailfin Tang

 

Zanclidae

 

Moorish Idol

 

Signanidae

 

Siganus vulpinus

Foxface

 

Balistidae

 

Balistapus undulatus

Orange-lined Triggerfish

 

Balistoides viridescens

Titan Triggerfish

 

Odonus niger

Black Triggerfish

 

Half-moon Triggerfish

 

Tetraodontidae

 

Blackspotted Puffer

 

Canthigaster valentini

Saddled Puffer