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  • Nº8 # Date: 2012-09-29 - 15:29
  • # Max Depth: 10.4m Duration: 50mins
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  • Dive type : recreational, reef
  • Temp: Surf 33°C Bottom 27°C
  • Visibility: Average Water: Salt
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  • Wet suit: - 3mm shorty
  • Mask: Aqua Lung - Technika
  • Computer: Cressi Sub - Leonardo
  • Weights: 5 Kg
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  • Tank nº1
  • Aluminium, 0L
  • AIR mix
  • Pressure: start: 210bar
    end: 45bar
  • SAC: 1.95 bar/min
  • RMV: 0.0 L/min
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Species Identified

Heniochus acuminatus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Pennant coralfish) Inhabit deep, protected lagoons and channels, and the deeper parts of outer reef slopes. Juveniles are often solitary while adults occur in pairs . A planktivorous species that generally remains within a few meters of th...
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Lobophyllia corymbosa (Forskål, 1775) (Brain coral) zooxanthellate
Stichodactyla haddoni (Saville-Kent, 1893) (Haddon's sea anemone)
Scarus persicus Randall and Bruce, 1983 (Gulf parrotfish)
Selar crumenophthalmus (Bloch, 1793) (Big eye scad) Prefers clear oceanic waters around islands to neritic waters . Occasionally in turbid waters . Pelagic . Mainly nocturnal. Feeds on small shrimps, benthic invertebrates, and forams when inshore, and zooplankton and fi...
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Porites lutea Milne Edwards & Haime, 1860 (Hump coral) zooxanthellate
Amphiprion clarkii (Bennett, 1830) (Brown anemonefish) Inhabits lagoons and outer reef slopes. Omnivorous. Oviparous, with elliptical eggs . Monogamous . Has been reared in captivity . Associated with the anemones: Cryptodendrum adhaesivum, Entacmaea quadricolor, Heterac...
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Acanthurus lineatus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Blue banded surgeonfish) A territorial species which is common in surge zones of exposed seaward reefs. The large male controls well-defined feeding territories and harems of females . Benthopelagic . Adult usually forms schools and commonly f...
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Chaetodon gardineri Norman, 1939 (Gardner's butterflyfish) Found in deep reefs below 25 m, rarely as shallow as 15 m . Paired or in groups . Oviparous . Form pairs during breeding .
Scarus ghobban Forsskål, 1775 (Blue-barred parrotfish)
Sepia murrayi Adam and Rees, 1966 (Cuttlefish)
Eretmochelys imbricata (LINNAEUS) 1766 (Hawksbill Turtle) Hawksbills may take decades to mature and it could be between 20 to 40 years before they are ready to breed . Upon reaching sexual maturity, a female will typically lay up to five clutches of around 100 to 140 eggs in one ...
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Pteraster tesselatus Ives, 1888 (cushion star)
Acropora pulchra (Brook, 1891) zooxanthellate
Acropora palmata (Lamarck, 1816) (elkhorn coral) zooxanthellate
Heniochus diphreutes Jordan, 1903 (False moorish idol) Occur primarily along outer reef slopes, in current channels. Juveniles in aggregations around isolated patch reefs, adults in large schools well above the bottom . In Indonesia, adults most common in depth 40-50 m, repo...
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Brissus brissus (Leske, 1778)
Pomacentrus imitator (Whitley, 1964) (Imitator damsel) Inhabits outer reef slopes.

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