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  • Nº6 # Date: 2012-08-18 - 13:08
  • # Max Depth: 19.8m Duration: 40mins
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  • Temp: Surf 29°C Bottom 28°C
  • Dive type : Recreational, Reef
  • Visibility: Good Water: Salt
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  • Weights: 4 kg
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Species Identified

Chelonia mydas Linnaeus 1758 (Green Turtle) Green turtles are long-lived and may take up to 59 years to reach sexual maturity Undertaking tremendous feats of navigation, adults return to the same beach to breed each season, part of the population in Brazil astonish...
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Gymnothorax pictus (Ahl, 1789) (Moray) Adults inhabit reef flats and rocky intertidal shorelines. Feed on small fishes and crustaceans, sometimes leaving the water in pursuit of prey . Benthic . Simultaneous hermaphroditism is confirmed for this species . Caught with various nets .
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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Lobophyllia corymbosa (Forskål, 1775) (Brain coral) zooxanthellate
Mulloidichthys vanicolensis (Valenciennes, 1831) (Vanikolo goatfish)
Scarus persicus Randall and Bruce, 1983 (Gulf parrotfish)
Stichodactyla haddoni (Saville-Kent, 1893) (Haddon's sea anemone)
Porites lutea Milne Edwards & Haime, 1860 (Hump coral) zooxanthellate
Amphiprion clarkii (Bennett, 1830) (Brown anemonefish) Inhabits lagoons and outer reef slopes. Omnivorous. Oviparous, with elliptical eggs . Monogamous . Has been reared in captivity . Associated with the anemones: Cryptodendrum adhaesivum, Entacmaea quadricolor, Heterac...
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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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