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  • Nº80 # Date: 2023-05-14 - 10:20
  • # Max Depth: 23.2m Duration: 84mins
Diver's Notes

1st dive 2 tanker boat Datu Budas @Talikud Island
flat, calm hot and sunny, few clouds

CGBR House Reef. Drop in bouy just North of Resort swim North but close to boat, Ton Ton looking for macro
ok dive, relaxed

Dive Profile
Dive Location

  • Temp: Surf 28°C Bottom 28°C
  • Dive type : Recreational, Reef, Photo
  • Visibility: Good Water: Salt
Specific gear used
  • BCD: Scubapro - Glide Plus
  • Camera: Olympus - TG6
  • Computer: Oceanic - OCS
  • Fins: Scubapro - Jet Fins
  • Knife: Scuba MAx - folding
  • Lift bag: ScubaMax - SMB
  • Mask: Promate - Scope
  • Regulator: Aqua Lung - Legend LX
  • Wet suit: Blue Ocean - Diveskin
  • Weights: 3.2 kg
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Dive Shop & Buddies
  • Dive with Blake Auge
  • Dive buddies: Ton Ton
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Dive Profile

  • 1. Air
  • 10L Aluminium     207 → 21 bar
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  • Average depth: 15.4m
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Species Identified

Halichoeres semicinctus (Ayres, 1859) (rock wrasse)
Halichoeres pictus (Poey, 1860) (painted wrasse) Inhabits coral reefs, normally high above the bottom. Swims with worm-like movements. Feeds on various invertebrates. A protogynous hermaphrodite . Generally of no interest to fisheries because of its small average size .
Macropharyngodon meleagris (Valenciennes, 1839) (Blackspotted wrasse) Inhabits subtidal reef flats and outer lagoon and seaward reefs . Usually in areas with mixed sand, rubble, and coral . Feeds mainly on gastropods, other hard-shelled prey , and foraminiferans . Rarely marketed. Minimum depth reported from Ref. 27115.
Gobiosoma nudum (Meek & Hildebrand, 1928) (goby)
Hemiasterella
Macrochiridothea lilianae Moreira, 1973A
Paradella tuberculata Muller, 1991E
Pseudocyclops rostratus Bowman and González, 1961
Limicolana dinjerra Bruce, 1986A
Acropora samoensis (Brook, 1891) zooxanthellate
Acropora sarmentosa (Brook, 1892) zooxanthellate
Acropora sekiseiensis Veron, 1990 zooxanthellate
Acropora azurea Veron and Wallace, 1984 zooxanthellate
Acropora teres (Verrill, 1866) zooxanthellate
Acropora tenuis (Dana, 1846) (purple tipped acropora) zooxanthellate
Acropora tanegashimensis Veron, 1990 zooxanthellate
Acropora tenella (Brook, 1892) zooxanthellate
Amphiprion rubrocinctus Richardson, 1842 (Australian anemonefish) Found in coastal and lagoon reefs. Has been reared in captivity . Associated with the anemones: Entacmaea quadricolor and Stichodactyla gigantea .
Amphiprion chagosensis Allen, 1972 (Chagos anemonefish) Primarily found in seaward reef slopes, but occasionally on lagoon reefs and reef tops .
Sargocentron suborbitalis (Gill, 1863) (Squirrelfish)
Holocentrus adscensionis (Osbeck, 1765) (Squirrelfish) Occurs in shallow coral reefs, as well as deeper offshore waters . A nocturnal species, hiding in deep crevices or under coral ledges during the day; at night it usually moves over sand and grass beds, taking mainly crabs...
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Pomacanthus imperator (Bloch, 1787) (Angel fish) Juveniles are encountered under ledges, or in holes of outer lagoon patch reefs or semi-protected areas of exposed channels and outer reef flats. Subadults move to reef front holes and surge channels. Large adults inhabi...
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Centropyge multispinis (Playfair, 1867) (Dusky angelfish) Inhabits coral rich and rubble areas of lagoon and seaward reefs.
Pomacanthus sexstriatus (Cuvier, 1831) (Sixbar angelfish) Juveniles prefer sheltered inner reefs while adults occur in areas of rich coral growth and high vertical relief of lagoon and seaward reefs. Adults semi-silty coastal to about 50 m depth, often seen in pairs . Occur sol...
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Plectroglyphidodon sindonis (Jordan and Evermann, 1903) (Rock damselfish) Found in very shallow water in the surge zone of exposed rocky shores . Benthopelagic . Feeds mainly on benthic algae and occasionally on small invertebrates .
Stegastes variabilis (Castelnau, 1855) (yellow demoiselle) Inhabits inshore and offshore coral reefs. Adults feed mainly on benthic algae but also on sponges, ascidians and anemones while juvenile feed on invertebrates like harpacticoid copepods and nemerteans . Often solitary ....
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Stegastes partitus (Poey, 1868) (bicolor damselfish) Inhabits shallow coral reefs and isolated patch reefs in deeper water. Feeds primarily on algae but also on polychaetes, hydroids, copepods and ascidians . Aggressively territorial but only around a small area . Taken incidentally in traps and small-meshed beach nets .
Stegastes planifrons (Cuvier, 1830) (threespot damselfish) Inhabits inshore and offshore coral reefs. Found within caves at night .Often found in tangles of staghorn coral; anywhere there is abundant algae on reefs . Feeds mainly on algae but also on harpacticoid copepods, small...
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Pristigenys alta (Gill, 1862) (Bigeye) Found on rocky bottoms between 5 and 200 m depth, usually solitary and possibly territorial.

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