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  • Nº15 # Date: 2014-07-12 - 13:15
  • # Max Depth: 18m Duration: 47mins
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  • Surface interval:120 mins
  • Temp: Surf 19°C Bottom 19°C
  • Dive type : Recreational, Drift
  • Visibility: Average Water: Salt
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  • Weights: 9 kg
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  • 1. Air
  • 12L Steel     220 → 70 bar
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  • Average depth: 12m
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Species Identified

Orectolobus maculatus (Bonnaterre, 1788) (Wobbegong) The sluggish spotted wobbegong spends much of its day lying motionless on the bottom or hidden in caves, under overhangs or in shipwrecks. At night, the shark becomes more active, and swims, or moves about the sea floor, ...
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Scarus globiceps Valenciennes, 1840 (Globehead parrotfish) More common in outer reef habitats than in protected waters. Spawns in groups or in pairs. Caught mainly with traps, nets and other types of artisanal gear.
Tetractenos hamiltoni (Richardson, 1846) (common toado) Inhabits shallow estuaries, often buried in sand with only eyes exposed. A schooling species .
Sphyraena putnamae Jordan & Seale, 1905 (Barracuda) Found near prominent current-swept lagoons or seaward reefs . Also in bays and inner turbid lagoons . Nocturnally active, but occurring in relatively large schools during the day . Sold fresh or processed into fish cakes .
Pterois volitans (Linnaeus, 1758) (Red lionfish)
Epinephelus maculatus (Bloch, 1790) (Brown-spotted rock-cod) Juveniles are found in shallow coral rubble, adults in isolated coral heads of lagoon and seaward reefs to depths of 82 m. Feeds mainly on sand-dwelling fishes and crustaceans, sometimes on octopuses. In the Hong Kong live fish markets . May be ciguatoxic in certain areas .

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