Zamboanguita Cockpit
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About this site
Zamboanguita Cockpit lies off the coast of Zamboanguita, a coastal municipality on the southeastern tip of Negros Oriental, facing the Bohol Sea. This stretch of Negros coastline sits within a region well known for its diving, with numerous sites strung along the shore near the towns of Zamboanguita and Dauin. Divers here have reported a range of small reef life suited to macro photography, including anemone hermit crabs, anemone porcelain crabs, banded coral shrimp, banded pipefish, blacksaddle tobies, diagonal shrimpgobies, orange-dashed gobies, ornate ghostpipefish, squat anemone shrimp, and white-eyed morays.
Marine life here
Confirmed by our research team, reported by independent divers, or observed nearby via iNaturalist — each entry is labelled with its source.
Blacksaddle TobyCanthigaster valentiniReported here · unconfirmed
Banded Coral ShrimpStenopus hispidusReported here · unconfirmed
White-eyed MorayGymnothorax thyrsoideusReported here · unconfirmed
Ornate GhostpipefishSolenostomus paradoxusReported here · unconfirmed
Banded PipefishDunckerocampus dactyliophorusReported here · unconfirmed
Anemone Hermit CrabDardanus pedunculatusReported here · unconfirmed
Orange-dashed GobyValenciennea puellarisReported here · unconfirmed
Anemone Porcelain CrabNeopetrolisthes maculatusReported here · unconfirmed
Diagonal ShrimpgobyAmblyeleotris diagonalisReported here · unconfirmed
Squat Anemone ShrimpThor amboinensisReported here · unconfirmed
Green Sea TurtleChelonia mydasObserved near here · iNaturalist
Dusky NembrothaNembrotha kubaryanaObserved near here · iNaturalist
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