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About this site
Birhen West lies off Bohol Island in the Visayas region of the central Philippines, in waters opening onto the Bohol Sea and Cebu Strait. Dive operators based around Panglao and the surrounding coastal barangays commonly run boats out to sites along this stretch. It is generally rated an intermediate dive.
AI overviewMarine life here
Confirmed by our research team, reported by independent divers, or observed nearby via iNaturalist — each entry is labelled with its source.
Anna's ChromodorisChromodoris annaeReported here · unconfirmed
Blacksaddle TobyCanthigaster valentiniReported here · unconfirmed
Tomato ClownfishAmphiprion frenatusReported here · unconfirmed
Clark's AnemonefishAmphiprion clarkiiReported here · unconfirmed
Blackspotted PufferArothron nigropunctatusReported here · unconfirmed
Moorish IdolZanclus cornutusReported here · unconfirmed
Regal AngelfishPygoplites diacanthusReported here · unconfirmed
White-eyed MorayGymnothorax thyrsoideusReported here · unconfirmed
Chamberlain's NembrothaNembrotha chamberlainiReported here · unconfirmed
Pygmy SeahorseHippocampus bargibantiObserved near here · iNaturalist
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