DIVE SITE
Critter Hunt


This dive site has a self-explanatory name – it is a lovely dive site offering spectacular critter hunting. It has a healthy reef in the shallows with many different species of anemones. A little bit deeper, there is a gentle rubble slope. Patches of coral rubble, goniopora and alveopora corals live at around 20 meters.

Depths
25m

Boat Rides
8 minutes

Habitats
Mixed
Critters
Found in This Divesite

Ribbon eel
Rhinomuraena quaesita

Reeftop Pipefish
Corythoichthys haematopterus

Banded Messmate Pipefish
Corythoichthys sp.
Network Pipefish
Corythoichthys flavofasciatus
False Cleanerfish
Aspidontus taeniatus

Blue-dashed Rockskipper
Bleniella paula

Banded Shrimpgoby
Cryptocentrus cinctus

Banded Goby
Amblygobius phalaena

Zebra Lionfish
Dendrochirus zebra

Orange & black dragonet
Dactylopus kuiteri

Flying gurnard
Dactyloptena orientalis

Angler Flatfish
Asterorhombus fijiensis

Warty frogfish
Antennarius maculatus

Painted frogfish
Antennarius pictus

Giant frogfish
Antennarius commersoni

Minute or Pygmy Filefish
Rudarius minutes
Spectacled Filefish
Cantherhines fronticinctus

Orange-Lined Triggerfish
Balistapus undulatus
Starry Triggerfish
Abalistes stellatus
Clown Triggerfish
Balistoides conspicillum
Rigid Shrimpfish
Centriscus scutatus

Trumpet Fish
Aulostomus chinensis

Black-saddled Toby
Canthigaster valentini

Fingerprint Toby
Canthigaster compressa

Black-spotted Puffer
Arothron nigropunctatus

White-spotted Puffer
Arothron hispidus

Map Puffer
Arothron mappa

Striped Puffer
Arothron manilensis

Birdbeak burrfish
Cyclichtys orbicular
Yellowlined Cardinalfish
Apogon chrysotaenia
Split Banded Cardinalfish
Apogon compressus

Clown Anemone Fish
Amphiprion percula
Three Band Anemone Fish
Amphiprion tricintus

Orange Anemone Fish
Amphiprion sandaracinos

Saddleback Anemonefish
Amphiprion polymnus

Pink-skunk Anemonefish
Amphiprion perideraion

Bicolor Parrotfish
Cetoscarus bicolor

Razorfish
Aeoliscus strigatus

Eight-Banded Butterfly Fish
Chaetodon octofasciatus

Comet Fish
Calloplesiops altivelis

Wire Coral Goby
Bryaninops yongei
Black Coral Goby
Bryaninops tigris

Large Whip Goby
Bryaninops amplus
Scissortail Sergeant
Abudefduf sexfasciatus
Reticulated Damsel
Dascyllus reticulatus
Humbug Damsel
Dascyllus aruanus
Three-spot Damsel
Dascyllus trimaculatus
Orangeback Wrasse
Cirrhilabrus lubbocki
Yellow Fairy Flasher
Cirrhilabrus flavianalis
Redfin Wrasse
Cirrhilabrus rubripinnis
Snooty Wrasse
Cheilinus oxycephalus
Redbreasted Wrasse
Cheilinus fasciatus
Tripletail Wrasse
Cheilinus trilobatus
White Spotted Wrasse
Anampses melanurus

Blue Spotted Grouper
Cephalopholis cyanostigma

Chocolate Grouper
Cephalopholis boenak

Barramundi Cod juvenile
Cromileptes altivelis

Baba Crinoid Squat Lobster
Allogalathea babai

Crinoid squat lobster
Allogalathea elegans

Whip coral Shrimp
Dasycaris zanzibarica

Skeleton shrimp
Caprellid sp.

Black Coral Shrimp
Pontonides Unciger

Anemone Hermit Crab
Dardanus pedunculatus

White-Spotted Hermit Crab
Darnadus megistos

Spider Crab
Chirostylus sp.

Retusa Decorator Crab
Camposcia retusa

Tuberculate Night Anemone
Alicia sp.

Branching Anemone
Actinodendron plumosum

Robustum Ascidian
Atriolum robustum

Verrucosus Cowries
Calpurnus verrucosus

Tiger cowrie
Cypraea tigris

Chelidonura varians
Chelidonura varians

Aegires gardineri Nudibranch
Aegires gardineri

Chromodoris annae Nudibranch
Chromodoris annae

Chromodoris dianae Nudibranch
Chromodoris dianae

Chromodoris willani Nudibranch
Chromodoris willani

Chromodoris sp. Nudibranch
Chromodoris sp.

Chromodoris magnifica Nudibranch
Chromodoris magnifica

Chromodoris strigata Nudibranch
Chromodoris strigata

Chromodoris elisabethina Nudibranch
Chromodoris elisabethina

Ceratosoma trilobatum Nudibranch
Ceratosoma trilobatum

Aegires minor Nudibranch
Aegires minor

Blue-ringed octopus
Hapalochlaena sp.

Fire Urchin
Asthenosoma varium

Pin-cushion Sea Star
Culcita novaginea