Dive #78 - Rich Torkington's Dive Log

In my opinion, these oval butterflyfish are the most beautiful fish on the reef
Videograph by Rich Torkington in Kosrae 2001

Dive Journal: Our second dive of the day is at another uncommon spot – this area is usually too surgey to dive but the conditions are good today. There is still a little bit of surge and I might even feel a slight downcurrent in some spots, probably my imagination.

A pair of really curious black jacks (trevallys) circles around us several times, and Don gets some excellent video of them. I didn’t seem to get much.

I continue to spy all sorts of new fishes, including a scissor-tailed fusilier and a chevron butterflyfish dodging around a huge coral head. We also enjoy swarms of more purple queens, assorted anthias, and brushtail tangs in abundance.

A cool bronze sweeper under a ledge, and a spotted trunkfish at the end of the dive.

SUMMARY OF SOME FISHES OBSERVED ON THIS DIVE:

This list was created by looking over the video footage and identifying each species. Mostly, just the new or notable species are listed.

Another black jack (trevally)
Another yellowspot emperor
Black chromis
Scissor-tailed fusilier
Blue streak fusilier
Lined spinecheek
Chevron butterflyfish
Bronze sweeper
Another arc-eye hawkfish