Reef Patches - Christmas Island (Kiritimati)
Dive site in Christmas Island (Kiritimati), Kiribati. Sourced from OpenStreetMap.
- Location
- Christmas Island (Kiritimati), Kiribati, Central & South Pacific
- Coordinates
- 1.941494, -157.427610
- Type
- reef
Marine Protected Area: Kiritimati
Nearby Dive Sites in Christmas Island (Kiritimati)
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Marine Life in Christmas Island (Kiritimati)
Home to 194 recorded species including 156 reef fish, 22 hard corals, 4 crabs & lobsters, 3 sea snails & nudibranchs, 3 sharks & rays, 3 sea cucumbers.
Notable Species
- Gendarme Fish (Acanthurus olivaceus) - Reef Fish
- Threadfin (Chaetodon auriga) - Reef Fish
- Black Surgeonfish (Acanthurus nigricans) - Reef Fish
- Argus Grouper (Cephalopholis argus) - Reef Fish
- Three-spot wrasse (Halichoeres trimaculatus) - Reef Fish
- Pronghorn Spiny Lobster (Panulirus penicillatus) - Crabs & Lobsters
- Clown Butterflyfish (Chaetodon ornatissimus) - Reef Fish
- Maypole Butterflyfish (Chaetodon meyeri) - Reef Fish
- Lemon Peel (Centropyge flavissima) - Reef Fish
- Manini (Acanthurus triostegus) - Reef Fish
- Bristle-toothed Surgeonfish (Ctenochaetus striatus) - Reef Fish
- Blackspot Surgeonfish (Acanthurus nigrofuscus) - Reef Fish
- Saddleback Butterflyfish (Chaetodon ephippium) - Reef Fish
- Pearl-spotted wrasse (Halichoeres margaritaceus) - Reef Fish
- Blue-spotted Bristletooth (Ctenochaetus marginatus) - Reef Fish
- Racoon (Chaetodon lunula) - Reef Fish
- Orange-lined Triggerfish (Balistapus undulatus) - Reef Fish
- Blue Trim Parrotfish (Scarus ghobban) - Reef Fish
- Bicolor Parrotfish (Scarus rubroviolaceus) - Reef Fish
- Bullethead Parrotfish (Chlorurus sordidus) - Reef Fish