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  • Nº48 # Date: 2022-11-27 - 09:53
  • # Max Depth: 22.6m Duration: 90mins
Diver's Notes

1st dive, 2 dive boat trip, Samal Island
multilevel
Drop in nearshore bouy, North West swim with sea mount on left, reverse back, found frogfish in shallows, back to boat. Clear and nice!!
many fish

Dive Profile
Dive Location

  • Temp: Surf 27°C Bottom 27°C
  • Dive type : Recreational, Reef, Photo
  • Visibility: Good Water: Salt
Specific gear used
  • BCD: Scubapro - Glide Plus
  • Camera: Canon - Powershot SD780
  • Computer: Oceanic - OCS
  • Fins: Scubapro - Jet Fins
  • Knife: Scuba MAx - folding
  • Lift bag: ScubaMax - SMB
  • Light: Sofirn - SD05
  • Mask: Promate - Scope
  • Regulator: Aqualung - Titan LX
  • Weights: 3.2 kg
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Dive Profile

  • 1. Air
  • 10L Aluminium     207 → 21 bar
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  • Average depth: 15m
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Species Identified

Amphiprion frenatus Brevoort, 1856 (oneband anemonefish) Found in lagoon reefs and embayment. Monogamous , protandrous hermaphrodite . Associated with the anemone Entacmaea quadricolor . Has been reared in captivity .
Amphiprion perideraion Bleeker, 1855 (False skunk-striped anemonefish) Inhabits lagoon and seaward reefs . Mainly diurnal. Non-burrowing. Monogamous . A protandrous hermaphrodite . Associated with the anemones: Heteractis magnifica , Heteractis crispa, Macrodactyla doreensis, and Sticho...
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Akko rossi Van Tassell and Baldwin, 2004 (specter-goby)
Amblygobius albimaculatus (Rüppell, 1830) (Butterfly goby) Epibenthic and littoral, entering estuaries and lagoons . Usually seen in pairs, hovering a short distance above the substratum. Monogamous . t builds its burrow in sand or silty sand by moving out mouthfuls of sediment .
Pomatoschistus norvegicus (Collett, 1902) (Norway goby) Found offshore on mud and coarse shell deposits . Can hybridize with Pomatoschistus lozanoi .
Rhinogobius wangi Chen & Fang, 2006 A non-diadromous species .
Eucyclogobius newberryi (Girard, 1856) (tidewater goby) Inhabits coastal lagoons and brackish bays at mouth of freshwater streams . IS subjected to wide variation in salinity (1-28 ppt.) and temperature (9-25°C) both within and among habitat types. The substrate and vegetatio...
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Acropora sordiensis Riegl, 1995 zooxanthellate
Acropora suharsonoi Wallace, 1994 zooxanthellate
Acropora stoddarti Pillai and Scheer, 1976 zooxanthellate
Acropora sukarnoi Wallace, 1997 zooxanthellate
Acropora tanegashimensis Veron, 1990 zooxanthellate
Acropora spicifera (Dana, 1846) zooxanthellate
Acropora valenciennesi (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1860) zooxanthellate
Acropora vaughani Wells, 1954 zooxanthellate
Acropora walindii Wallace, 1999 zooxanthellate
Brissus brissus (Leske, 1778)
Strongylura scapularis (Jordan & Gilbert, 1882) (Needlefish)
Synodus sechurae Hildebrand, 1946 (Sechura lizardfish)
Synodus variegatus (Lacepède, 1803) (Variegated lizardfish) Inhabits deep lagoon and seaward reefs to depths over 40 m ; sometimes found on sandy bottoms concealing itself in the sand. Prefers to rest on hard surfaces and frequently occurs in pairs . Benthic . Feeds on small fis...
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