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  • Nº2 # Date: 2015-04-26 - 15:07
  • # Max Depth: 16.8m Duration: 61mins
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  • Temp: Surf 32°C Bottom 29°C
  • Dive type : Recreational
  • Water: Salt
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  • Weights: 2.7 kg
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  • 1. Air
  • 0L Steel     200 → 50 bar
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  • Average depth: 12.1m
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Species Identified

Pterois volitans (Linnaeus, 1758) (Red lionfish)
Gymnothorax funebris Ranzani, 1839 (Green cong) A benthic and solitary species occurring along rocky shorelines, reefs, and mangroves .Usually found shallower than 30 m . Due to its large size and aggressiveness, the bites of this moray are particularly dangerous . F...
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Panulirus argus (Latreille, 1804) (Caribbean spiny lobster)
Dasyatis pastinaca (Linnaeus, 1758) (Sting ray) Found over sandy and muddy bottoms, sometimes in estuaries and near rocky reefs . Feed on bottom fishes, crustaceans and mollusks. Ovoviviparous, gestation period about 4 months and 4-7 young are produced. Wings markete...
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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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