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  • Nº69 # Date: 2023-03-05 - 01:50
  • # Max Depth: 21.3m Duration: 74mins
Diver's Notes

Single solo dive DBC 3.5.23
Drop in pier, viz started goodswim to depth mixing currents, some very dirty water mixing, viz on decline entire dive
swimming safety stop, multilevel
hard to spot, few nice photos. Highlight 3-4 foot barracuda @ 63Ft

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  • Dive type : Recreational, Reef, Photo
Specific gear used
  • BCD: Scubapro - Glide Plus
  • Boots: Orca - Dive shoes
  • Camera: Canon - Powershot SD780
  • Computer: Oceanic - OCS
  • Fins: Scubapro - Jet Fins
  • Knife: Scuba MAx - folding
  • Mask: Promate - Scope
  • Regulator: Aqualung - Titan LX
  • Wet suit: Blue Ocean - Diveskin
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Species Identified

Tautoga onitis (Linnaeus, 1758) (Black-fish) Found close to shore on hard-bottom habitats, occasionally entering brackish water. Adult male territorial and active during the day to feed and rests in crevices at night. Prefers temperatures above 10°C. Spawning was ...
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Macropharyngodon meleagris (Valenciennes, 1839) (Blackspotted wrasse) Inhabits subtidal reef flats and outer lagoon and seaward reefs . Usually in areas with mixed sand, rubble, and coral . Feeds mainly on gastropods, other hard-shelled prey , and foraminiferans . Rarely marketed. Minimum depth reported from Ref. 27115.
Bodianus axillaris (Bennett, 1832) (Axilspot hogfish) Inhabits clear lagoon and seaward reefs. Juveniles occur solitary in caves or under ledges and act as cleaners by picking at bodies of other fishes . Feeds mainly on benthic, hard-shelled, invertebrates such as mollusks...
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Stegastes lubbocki Allen and Smith, 1992 (卢氏眶锯雀鲷)
Chromis limbaughi Greenfield and Woods, 1980 (Damselfish)
Chrysiptera taupou (Jordan and Seale, 1906) (Southseas devil) Inhabits lagoon and offshore coral reefs.
Stegastes variabilis (Castelnau, 1855) (yellow demoiselle) Inhabits inshore and offshore coral reefs. Adults feed mainly on benthic algae but also on sponges, ascidians and anemones while juvenile feed on invertebrates like harpacticoid copepods and nemerteans . Often solitary ....
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Stegastes partitus (Poey, 1868) (bicolor damselfish) Inhabits shallow coral reefs and isolated patch reefs in deeper water. Feeds primarily on algae but also on polychaetes, hydroids, copepods and ascidians . Aggressively territorial but only around a small area . Taken incidentally in traps and small-meshed beach nets .
Dascyllus reticulatus (Richardson, 1846) (twostriped damselfish) Occurs in outer lagoon and seaward reefs. Inhabits branching coral heads, particularly Pocillopora eydouxi. Forms schools, often in silty habitats . Male prepares a nest by cleaning with its mouth a rock or coral surface where the female will attach the eggs .
Echidna nocturna (Cope, 1872) (Moray)
Sphoeroides parvus Shipp and Yerger, 1969 (Puffer) Inhabits shallow, turbid coastal waters and estuaries.
Sphoeroides dorsalis Longley, 1934 (Puffer) Found over soft bottoms.
Synchiropus altivelis (Temminck & Schlegel, 1845) (Dragonet) Inhabits deep trawling grounds .
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 .

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