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  • Nº9 # Date: 2014-01-26 - 08:00
  • # Max Depth: 18m Duration: 48mins
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First dive on the Red Sea trip on the King Snefro 5

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  • Dive type : Recreational, Reef
  • Visibility: Excellent Water: Salt
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Pterois volitans (Linnaeus, 1758) (Red lionfish)
Bodianus axillaris (Bennett, 1832) (Axilspot hogfish) Inhabits clear lagoon and seaward reefs. Juveniles occur solitary in caves or under ledges and act as cleaners by picking at bodies of other fishes . Feeds mainly on benthic, hard-shelled, invertebrates such as mollusks...
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Scarus collana Rüppell, 1835 (Red Sea parrotfish) Occurs around small coral heads or dead coral rock on silty sand of inshore reefs . Solitary species .
Thalassoma lutescens (Lay and Bennett, 1839) (parrotfish) Occurs in clear outer lagoon and seaward reefs, over open sand and rubble as well as dense coral growth. Common is shallow exposed areas . Benthopelagic . Feeds mainly on shelled benthic invertebrates , also on polychaete worms and fish eggs.
Pseudochromis fridmani Klausewitz, 1968 (Orchid dottyback) Usually on vertical rock faces or beneath overhangs, taking refuge in small holes. Generally common . Has been reared in captivity .
Sphyraena viridensis Cuvier, 1829 (Barracuda) Its habits are probably similar to those of the phylogenetically closely related Sphyraena sphyraena . Feeds on cephalopods, crustaceans and fishes. Caught in trammel nets and beach seines .
Synanceia verrucosa Bloch & Schneider, 1801 (Stonefish) Most widespread stonefish . Found on sandy or rubble areas of reef flats and shallow lagoons and in small pools during low tide well camouflaged among the substrate and sometimes even covered with algae . Solitary specie...
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