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  • Nº291 # Date: 2018-08-21 - 10:00
  • # Max Depth: 16.5m Duration: 55mins
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Heading out west on the reef out onto the south reef. Nice crocodile fish @18m with no haste to move. Difficulty to breathe - Dad says tank was not fully opened because his needle was moving when taking a breath. Better @5m, obvious.

Lots of fish.

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  • Dive type : Recreational, Photo
  • Visibility: Good Water: Salt
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  • Weights: 9 kg
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Parapercis hexophtalma (Cuvier, 1829) (Speckled sandperch) Found on sand and rubble bottoms of shallow lagoon and protected seaward reefs . Also Ref. 58652.
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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Heniochus intermedius Steindachner, 1893 (Red Sea bannerfish) Found on coral slopes Juveniles in large groups at base of reef, sometimes with H. diphreutes; adults usually solitary or paired, occasionally in groups . Feed on zooplankton and benthic invertebrates . Oviparous , monogamous . Form pairs during breeding .

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