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  • Nº16 # Date: 2012-08-14 - 12:10
  • # Max Depth: 17.4m Duration: 38mins
Diver's Notes

Second dive of Advanced Course. This was my navigation dive. Had to navigate square and triangle formations.

Saw a large conch.

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  • Temp: Surf 29°C Bottom -2°C
  • Dive type : Training
  • Visibility: Good Water: Salt
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  • Weights: 8.2 kg
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Species Identified

Astrapogon stellatus (Cope, 1867) (conchfish) Prefers clear insular waters of oceanic islands . Has a commensal relationship with the conch shell Strombus gigas and with the bivalve Atrina rigida . Emerges at night from the conch shell to feed on small crustaceans. Males brood the eggs in their mouths. .

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