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Port Ghalib Fishmarket
Life recorded at Port Ghalib Fishmarket
60 species within 1.5 km · OBISAll 60 species recorded in this area
| Species | How often | Records |
|---|---|---|
| Taeniura lymma | occasional | 17 |
| Acanthurus sohal | occasional | 17 |
| Zebrasoma desjardinii | occasional | 13 |
| Chaetodon auriga | occasional | 11 |
| Rhinecanthus assasi | occasional | 10 |
| Coenobita scaevola | occasional | 10 |
| Thalassoma rueppellii | occasional | 10 |
| Cheilinus lunulatus | occasional | 10 |
| Chaetodon austriacus | occasional | 9 |
| Chlorurus sordidus | occasional | 9 |
| Naso elegans | occasional | 9 |
| Fistularia commersonii | occasional | 8 |
| Abudefduf vaigiensis | occasional | 8 |
| Arothron diadematus | occasional | 8 |
| Paracirrhites forsteri | occasional | 8 |
| Tridacna maxima | occasional | 7 |
| Chaetodon fasciatus | occasional | 7 |
| Pygoplites diacanthus | occasional | 7 |
| Pterois miles | occasional | 7 |
| Pomacentrus sulfureus | occasional | 7 |
| Zebrasoma xanthurum | occasional | 6 |
| Ctenochaetus striatus | occasional | 5 |
| Heniochus intermedius | occasional | 5 |
| Diodon hystrix | occasional | 5 |
| Amphiprion bicinctus | occasional | 5 |
| Arothron hispidus | occasional | 5 |
| Echeneis naucrates | occasional | 5 |
| Cephalopholis argus | occasional | 5 |
| Epibulus insidiator | rare | 4 |
| Aluterus scriptus | rare | 4 |
| Gymnothorax javanicus | rare | 4 |
| Rastrelliger kanagurta | rare | 4 |
| Scarus niger | rare | 4 |
| Scarus psittacus | rare | 4 |
| Chaetodon semilarvatus | rare | 4 |
| Chromis viridis | rare | 3 |
| Abudefduf sordidus | rare | 3 |
| Amblyglyphidodon indicus | rare | 3 |
| Balistoides viridescens | rare | 3 |
| Ophiocoma scolopendrina | rare | 3 |
| Chaetodon paucifasciatus | rare | 3 |
| Neoniphon sammara | rare | 3 |
| Dascyllus abudafur | rare | 3 |
| Ocypode saratan | rare | 3 |
| Parupeneus forsskali | rare | 3 |
| Cyclichthys spilostylus | rare | 3 |
| Canthigaster margaritata | rare | 3 |
| Halichoeres hortulanus | rare | 3 |
| Scorpaenopsis diabolus | rare | 3 |
| Arothron stellatus | rare | 2 |
| Caesio striata | rare | 2 |
| Caranx melampygus | rare | 2 |
| Cheilio inermis | rare | 2 |
| Genicanthus caudovittatus | rare | 2 |
| Monotaxis grandoculis | rare | 2 |
| Mulloidichthys vanicolensis | rare | 2 |
| Myripristis murdjan | rare | 2 |
| Naso unicornis | rare | 2 |
| Siganus rivulatus | rare | 2 |
| Balistapus undulatus | rare | 2 |
Nearby sites in Port Ghalib
Explore all sitesThe Palace jetty entry onto the Port Ghalib house reef: stairs into the water, then north or south along a wall that runs past 30 m.
The northern end of the Three Corners Fayrouz Plaza house reef at Port Ghalib: a shallow lagoon behind a reef flat, a pontoon to get past it, and a near-vertical drop-off on the outside.
The southern leg of the Three Corners Fayrouz house reef: lagoon inside, vertical wall outside, entered off a 368 m jetty.
The hard-coral garden of the five Torfet Ali reefs, ten minutes north of the Port Ghalib marina, dived one way along a drop-off into blue water.
A shallow seagrass bay a few kilometres from Port Ghalib where the dugongs actually are, and where the dive plan is mostly hovering.
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