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  • Nº992 # Date: 2021-09-25 - 12:53
  • # Max Depth: 11.9m Duration: 86mins
Diver's Notes

Single dive, multilevel
Davao Boat Club Marina shore dive, muck dive
Recent heavy rains, terrible viz and SILTSTORM, difficult to navigate
Highlight is pair of nudibranchs Red-lined Jorunna (Jorunna rubescens) mating next to large boulder. They seemed to be sending out a signal? noixe or scent as other nudis 2 more Jorunna and a lineolata were making fast B-line to the mating pair.
Despits poor conditions, nudis were abundant.

Dive Profile
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  • Surface interval:0 mins
  • Temp: Surf 28°C Bottom 28°C
  • Dive type : Recreational, Photo, Muck Dive
  • Visibility: Bad Water: Salt
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  • Weights: 4.1 kg
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Dive Profile

  • 1. Air
  • 10L Aluminium     207 → 21 bar
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  • Average depth: 7.9m
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Species Identified

Cheilinus trilobatus Lacepède, 1801 (Tripletail wrasse) Adults inhabit lagoon and seaward reefs at depths of 1 to over 30 m, and relatively common along shallow reef margins with good coral cover . Usually solitary . Feed mainly on shelled benthic invertebrates such as mollus...
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Labroides dimidiatus (Valenciennes, 1839) (Bluestreak cleaner wrasse) Inhabits coral rich areas of inner lagoons and subtidal reef flats to seaward reefs . Feeds on crustacean ectoparasites and mucus of other fishes . Monogamous . A protogynous hermaphrodite . Stays in stations where oth...
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Amblyeleotris guttata (Fowler, 1938) (Spotted prawn-goby) Found in patches or expanses of coarse carbonate sand on outer lagoon and seaward reefs. Inhabits coastal to outer reef sand slopes to 25 meters depth .
Cirrhitichthys oxycephalus (Bleeker, 1855) (Coral hawkfish)
Rhabdastrella globostellata (Carter, 1883)
Ptilocaulis spiculifer (Lamarck, 1813)
Luffariella variabilis (Polejaeff, 1884)
Stelletta purpurea Ridley 1884
Haliclona bawiana (Lendenfeld, 1897)
Farrea nodulosa Ijima, 1927
Callyspongia fibrosa (Ridley & Dendy, 1886)
Sidonops picteti Topsent, 1897
Iotrochota purpurea (Bowerbank, 1875)
Sericolophus reflexus (Ijima 1894)
Sargocentron tiereoides (Bleeker, 1853) (Pink squirrelfish) Found in relatively deep waters of outer reef slopes and has been collected on reef flat and lagoon patch reefs. Feeds mainly on benthic crabs and shrimps at night. Spine of preopercle venomous.
Sargocentron praslin (Lacepède, 1802) (Dark-striped squirrelfish) Inhabits reef flats and shallow protected reefs, often in dead reef areas . Secretive during the day .

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