DIVE SITE
Serena Besar
This site is at Serena Island, and "Besar" means big or large. The site is a combination of coral, rubble area and a sandy bottom. In the shallow part the nice coral area and some time you can see juvenile barramundi cod also juvenile dotty sweet lips dancing. And going to the middle is the rubble area which is the richest are with critters, this area you can fin a lot of banggai cardinal fish, stick pipe fish and some time ghost pipe fish also can be found. Frogfish also can be found here. In the deep area is the sandy bottom is the place good for finding Octopus like wonderpus, other that you also can find black and blue ribbon eel and devil scorpion fish buried in the sand.

Depths
3 m -20 m

Boat Rides
5 minute away

Habitats
Mixed
Critters
Found in This Divesite

Reeftop Pipefish
Corythoichthys haematopterus

Banded Messmate Pipefish
Corythoichthys sp.

Black Coralblenny
Ecsenius namiyei
Chestnut Blenny
Cirripectes castaneus

Starry Blenny
Salarias ramosus

Blackrayed Shrimpgoby
Stonogobiops nematodes

Banded Shrimpgoby
Cryptocentrus cinctus

Spotted Shrimpgoby
Amblyeleotris guttata

Beautiful Goby
Exyrias bellisimus

Banded Goby
Amblygobius phalaena
Giant Lizardfish
Saurida sp.
Latticed Sandperch
Parapercis clathrata
Yellow Tail Sandperch
Parapercis sp.

Yellow Barred Jawfish
Opistognathus sp.

Zebra Lionfish
Dendrochirus zebra

Common lionfish
Pterois volitans

Scrawled Filefish
Aluterus scriptus
Yellow Margin Triggerfish
Pseudobalistes flavimarginatus
Starry Triggerfish
Abalistes stellatus
Cornet Fish
Fistularia commersonii

Trumpet Fish
Aulostomus chinensis
Freckled Goatfish
Upeneus tragula

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

Star Puffer
Arothron stellatus

Birdbeak burrfish
Cyclichtys orbicular
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
Reef Needle Fish
Strongylura incisa
Keeltail Needle Fish
Platybelone argalus
Crocodile Needle Fish
Tylosurus crocodilus

Pennate Bannerfish
Heniochus chrysostomus
Schooling Bannerfish
Heniochus diphreutes
Black Coral Goby
Bryaninops tigris

Yellow Coral Goby
Gobiodon okinawae
Needlespine Coral Goby
Gobiodon acicularis

Lemon Coral Goby
Gobiodon citrinus
Queensland Pygmy Goby
Eviota queenslandica
Reticulated Damsel
Dascyllus reticulatus
Humbug Damsel
Dascyllus aruanus
Redbreasted Wrasse
Cheilinus fasciatus
Tripletail Wrasse
Cheilinus trilobatus
Peacock Razorfish Wrasse
Iniistius pavo

Six Banded Angelfish
Pomacanthus sexstriatus
Dotted Sweet Lips
Plectorhinchus picus

Spotted Painted Sweetlips
Diagramma pictum
Roving Coral Grouper
Plectropomus pessuliferus
Black Saddle Coral Grouper
Plectropomus laevis

Highfin Grouper
Epinephelus maculatus
Cloudy Grouper
Epinephelus erythrurus

Double Banded Soapfish
Diploprion bifasciatum

Blue Spotted Grouper
Cephalopholis cyanostigma

Chocolate Grouper
Cephalopholis boenak
Blue -Spotted Ribbon Tail Ray
Taeniura lymma

Peacock Mantis Shrimp
Odontodactylus scyllarus

Galathea squat lobster
Galathea sp.

Egg shell shrimp
Hamopontonia corallicola

Whip coral Shrimp
Dasycaris zanzibarica

Hidden Corallimorph Shrimp
Pliopontoni furtiva

Violet Banded Boxer Shrimp
Stenopus tenuirostris

Leopard Crinoid Shrimp
Laomenes pardus

Ocellate Tozeuma Shrimp
Tozeuma sp.

Yellow dot Guard crab
Trapezia cymodoce

Crowned coral crab
Quadrella coronata

Retusa Decorator Crab
Camposcia retusa

Byfurcus Flat Worm
Pseudoceros byfurcus

Tuberculate Night Anemone
Alicia sp.

Night Anemone
Phyllodiscus sp.

Haddon Sea Anemone
Stichodactyla haddoni

Beaded Sea Anemone
Heteractis aurora

Molle Ascidian
Didemnum molle

Aurata Ascidian
Polycarpa aurata

Robustum Ascidian
Atriolum robustum

Barrel Sponge
Xestospongia testudinaria

Tiger cowrie
Cypraea tigris

Chelidonura varians Nudibranch
Chelidonura varians

Aegires gardineri Nudibranch
Aegires gardineri

Phyllidia varicosa Nudibranch
Phyllidia varicosa

Ardeadoris cruenta Nudibranch
Ardeadoris cruenta

Ardeadoris undaurum Nudibranch
Ardeadoris undaurum

Dendrodoris denisoni Nudibranch
Dendrodoris denisoni

Cadlinella subornatissima Nudibranch
Cadlinella subornatissima

Phyllidiella pustulosa Nudibranch
Phyllidiella pustulosa

Chromodoris annae Nudibranch
Chromodoris annae

Nembrotha kubaryana Nudibranch
Nembrotha kubaryana

Goniobranchus reticulatus Nudibranch
Goniobranchus reticulatus

Phyllidia ocellata Nudibranch
Phyllidia ocellata

Phyllidia picta Nudibranch
Phyllidia picta

Goniobranchus hintuanensis Nudibranch
Goniobranchus hintuanensis

Chromodoris magnifica Nudibranch
Chromodoris magnifica

Chromodoris elisabethina Nudibranch
Chromodoris elisabethina

Halgerda batangas Nudibranch
Halgerda batangas

Nembrotha chamberlaini Nudibranch
Nembrotha chamberlaini

Flabellina rubrolineata Nudibranch
Flabellina rubrolineata

Tropical Bottletail Squid
Sepiadariidae kochi

Algae Octopus
Abdopus aculeatus

Blue-ringed octopus
Hapalochlaena sp.

Fire Urchin
Asthenosoma varium

Calamaris Sea Urchin
Echinothris calamaris

Diadema Sea Urchin
Diadema savignyi

Synaptula Sea Cucumber
Synaptula sp.

Anax Sea Cucumber
Theleonota anax

Brittle Star
Ophiothrix sp.

Baby Watcher
Linckia multifora

Crown Of Thorn Starfish (COTS)
Acanthaster planci