Dive Details

Location

Date

24 August, 2006

Time

2:28pm - 3:30pm

Buddy

Colin Keene

Seas

Slight

Visibility

20

Duration

62 minutes

Maximum depth

17.0 m

Average depth

7.4 m

Water temperature

23.6°C

Dive Profile from Citizen Hyper Aqualand

Species Seen

Species

Common name

Size
(mm)

Number

Common Lionfish

Leaf scorpionfish

Pseudanthias dispar

Redfin Anthias

Squarespot Anthias

Fairy Basslet

Royal Dottyback

Threadfin Butterflyfish

Chaetodon baronessa

Triangular Butterflyfish

Chaetodon bennetti

Bennett's Butterflyfish

Citron Butterflyfish

Klein's Butterflyfish

Lined Butterflyfish

Black-back Butterflyfish

Ornate Butterflyfish

Dot-and-dash Butterflyfish

Blue-dash Butterflyfish

Chaetodon trifasciatus

Redfin Butterflyfish

Double-saddle Butterflyfish

Teardrop Butterflyfish

Chaetodon vagabundus

Vagabond Butterflyfish

Yellow Longnose Butterflyfish

Heniochus chrysostomus

Pennant Bannerfish

Bicolor Angel

Coral Beauty

Pearly-scaled Angel

Regal Angelfish

Barrier Reef Anemonefish

Black Anemonefish

Amphiprion perideraion

Pink Clownfish

Dascyllus aruanus

Humbug Dascyllus

Three-spot Dascyllus

Premnas biaculeatus

Spinecheek Anemonefish

Cirrhitichthys falco

Coral Hawkfish

Cirrhitichthys oxycephalus

Spotted Hawkfish

Arc-eye Hawkfish

Blackside Hawkfish

Black-backed Wrasse

Bodianus axillaris

Coral Hogfish

Bodianus mesothorax

Blackbelt Hogfish

Gomphorus varius

Bird Wrasse

Checkerboard Wrasse

Labroides bicolor

Bicolour Cleaner Wrasse

Cleaner Wrasse

Labroides pectoralis

Breastspot Cleaner Wrasse

Pseudocheilinus hexataenia

Sixline Wrasee

Thalassoma lunare

Moon Wrasse

Yellow Moon Wrasse

Meiacanthus atrodorsalis

Eye-lash Harptail Blenny

Red Firefish

Orangespine Unicornfish

Zebrasoma scopas

Brown Sailfin Tang

Moorish Idol

Balistapus undulatus

Orange-lined Triggerfish

Balistoides viridescens

Titan Triggerfish

Blackspotted Puffer

Camera gear

Camera

Nikon D70

Lens

Nikon AF Micro-Nikkor 60mm f/2.8D

Housing

Ikelite 6807.1

Lens port

Ikelite 6" Dome Port 5503.50

Strobes

Ikelite SubStrobe DS50

Ikelite SubStrobe DS125

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.

Acropora sp. colony. 16.3 m.
 

Bubble coral, Plerogyra sinuosa. 14.3 m.
 

Sea cucumber, Synaptula lamperti. 14.8 m.
 

Sea cucumber, S. lamperti. 14.8 m.
 

Blackside hawkfish, Paracirrhites forsteri. 14.2 m.
 

Soft coral, Briareum. 13.7 m.
 

Red firefish, Nemateleotris magnifica. 14.1 m.
 

Male orange seaperch, Pseudanthias squamipinnis. 12.2 m.
 

Pearl coral, Physogyra lichtensteini. 12.5 m.
 

Sun coral, Tubastraea sp. 12.6 m.
 

Sea cucumber, Synaptula lamperti. 13.2 m.
 

Lionfish, Pterois volitans. 12.7 m.
 

Spinesheek anemonefish, Premnas biaculeatus. 10 m.
 

Spinesheek anemonefish, P. biaculeatus. 9.9 m.
 

Green leaf scorpionfish, Taenianotus triacanthus. 6.6 m.
 

Green leaf scorpionfish, T. triacanthus. 6.5 m.
 

Black leaf scorpionfish, T. triacanthus. 7.2 m.
 

Black leaf scorpionfish, T. triacanthus. 7.2 m.
 

Sun coral, Tubastraea sp. 7.1 m.
 

Skunk anemonefish, Amphiprion perideraion. 8.6 m.
 

Skunk anemonefish, A. perideraion. 8.8 m.
 

Skunk anemonefish, A. perideraion. 8.7 m.
 

Skunk anemonefish, A. perideraion. 8.7 m.
 

Lionfish, Pterois volitans. 9.8 m.