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About this site
Vatuloa, also known as Black Rock, sits off Fiji at coordinates near 16.78°S, 179.33°E, in the waters around the archipelago's reef systems. It is rated a beginner dive, making it accessible to those early in their diving experience. Divers have reported a wide range of reef fish here, including bicolor angelfish, lemonpeel angelfish, regal angelfish, blue-green damsels, orangestripe triggerfish, orbicular cardinalfish, pacific bullethead parrotfish, sixbar wrasse, scissortail sergeants, and eastern triangle butterflyfish.
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.
Orangestripe TriggerfishBalistapus undulatusReported here · unconfirmed
Eastern Triangle ButterflyfishChaetodon baronessaReported here · unconfirmed
Lemonpeel AngelfishCentropyge flavissimaReported here · unconfirmed
Scissortail SergeantAbudefduf sexfasciatusReported here · unconfirmed
Bicolor AngelfishCentropyge bicolorReported here · unconfirmed
Sixbar WrasseThalassoma hardwickeReported here · unconfirmed
Blue-green DamselPomacentrus callainusReported here · unconfirmed
Pacific Bullethead ParrotfishChlorurus spilurusReported here · unconfirmed
Orbicular CardinalfishSphaeramia orbicularisReported here · unconfirmed
Regal AngelfishPygoplites diacanthusReported here · unconfirmed
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