North Sister Bank
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About this site
North Sister Bank lies in the Inner Islands of the Seychelles, in the waters near La Digue on the Seychelles plateau in the western Indian Ocean, typically reached by boat from the surrounding islands. The bank is a submerged formation of the granite and coral type common to this part of the plateau. Divers here have reported bluefin trevally, hawksbill turtles, longfin batfish, Moorish idols, Oriental sweetlips, redlip parrotfish, scissortail sergeants, and yellowhead butterflyfish moving through the site.
Marine life here
Confirmed by our research team, reported by independent divers, or observed nearby via iNaturalist — each entry is labelled with its source.
Redlip ParrotfishScarus rubroviolaceusReported here · unconfirmed
Hawksbill Sea TurtleEretmochelys imbricataReported here · unconfirmed
Bluefin TrevallyCaranx melampygusReported here · unconfirmed
Oriental SweetlipsPlectorhinchus vittatusReported here · unconfirmed
Longfin BatfishPlatax teiraReported here · unconfirmed
Yellowhead ButterflyfishChaetodon xanthocephalusReported here · unconfirmed
Moorish IdolZanclus cornutusReported here · unconfirmed
Scissortail SergeantAbudefduf sexfasciatusReported here · unconfirmed
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