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  • Nº21 # Date: 2013-03-18 - 12:15
  • # Max Depth: 17m Duration: 40mins
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  • Temp: Surf 26°C Bottom 25°C
  • Dive type : Wreck
  • Visibility: Average Water: Salt
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  • Weights: 5 kg
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  • 12L Steel     207 → 55 bar
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  • Average depth: 11.3m
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Species Identified

Swiftia exserta (Ellis and Solander, 1786) (deepwater coral)
Nicella guadalupensis (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860)
Acanthemblemaria spinosa Metzelaar, 1919 (spinyhead blenny) Inhabits small patch reefs surrounded by white sand . Observed primarily on dead surfaces of elkhorn coral , but significantly more males than females were found on live coral surfaces. Males occurred twice as frequent...
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Malacoctenus triangulatus Springer, 1959 (Saddled blenny) Inhabits coral reefs and rocky shores. Often found in crevices, or among weed and rubble . Feeds on crustaceans .
Elacatinus horsti (Metzelaar, 1922) (yellowline goby) Always lives in association with tube sponges or massive sponges. Difficult to approach .
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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Ocyurus chrysurus (Bloch, 1791) (yellowtail snapper)
Hermodice carunculata (Pallas, 1766) (bearded fireworm)
Canthigaster rostrata (Bloch, 1786) (sharpnose puffer) Inhabits reefs and marginal habitats such as seagrass beds . Diet consists of seagrass, sponges, crabs and other crustaceans, mollusks, polychaete worms, sea urchins, starfishes, hydroids and algae . Monogamous .
Sphoeroides testudineus (Linnaeus, 1758) (checkered puffer)
Pomacanthus arcuatus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Grey angelfish) Common in coral reefs, usually solitary, occasionally in pairs. Juveniles are part-time cleaners. Feed mainly on sponges, but also takes tunicates, algae, zoantharians, gorgonians, hydroids, bryozoans, and seagrasses. O...
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Holacanthus ciliaris (Linnaeus, 1758) (queen angelfish) Found on coral reefs. Generally occurs solitarily or in pairs. Moves gracefully between seafans, seawhips, and corals . Stomach contents of 26 specimens indicate that the species feeds almost exclusively on sponges supp...
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Centropyge argi Woods and Kanazawa, 1951 (Cherub pygmy angelfish) Normally occurs in rubble areas. Feeds on various types of algae. Oviparous , monogamous . Retreats into holes when frightened . Has been reared in captivity .

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