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  • Nº11 # Date: 2012-05-17 - 18:30
  • # Max Depth: 18m Duration: 47mins
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Octopus, giant lobsters, crabs, hermit crabs, millions of shrimp, pufferfish, scorpionfish, pipefish, clownfish, starfish, seaslugs, hard and soft corals, juvenile moray eel, lionfish.

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  • Dive type : recreational, night dive
  • Water: Salt
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Species Identified

Doryichthys boaja (Bleeker, 1851) (Long-snouted pipefish) Largest freshwater pipefish. Found in rivers and streams . Feeds on small crustaceans, worms and insects. Of little food value. Not seen in markets . Ovoviviparous . The male carries the eggs in a brood pouch which is found under the tail .
Amphiprion ocellaris Cuvier, 1830 (false clown anemonefish)
Scorpaena neglecta Temminck & Schlegel, 1843 (scorpionfish) Found on the continental shelf.
Takifugu poecilonotus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1850) (Pufferfish) Euryhaline . Occurs near shore on rock bottoms .
Amphiprion (Anemonefishes and Clownfishes)
Pterois (lionfishes)
Gymnothorax (common morays)
Trachyrhamphus bicoarctatus (Bleeker, 1857) (Double-ended pipefish) Inhabits subtidal lagoon and seaward reefs, usually among algae or seagrasses . Most are seen on sand and mud areas, prone to currents; usually soft bottom to about 25 m . Ovoviviparous . The male carries the eggs in a brood pouch which is found under the tail .

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