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  • Nº28 # Date: 2013-09-19 - 18:45
  • # Max Depth: 17m Duration: 65mins
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Awesome Night Dive. We saw all sorts of awesome sea life and stayed down for under an hour! Best dive I've been on! Thanks to Simaj and Dennis from Sandals Grande Riviera for an awesome dive!

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  • Temp: Surf 28°C
  • Dive type : Recreational, Night dive, Reef
  • Visibility: Excellent
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Aulostomus maculatus Valenciennes, 1841 (Caribbean trumpetfish) Commonly found in weedy areas and especially around reefs, where they usually swim snout-down among sea whips . A solitary ambusher of small fishes and crustaceans that lurk among branching coral or gorgonians. Often swi...
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Panulirus argus (Latreille, 1804) (Caribbean spiny lobster)
Parribacus antarcticus (Lund, 1793) (sculptured slipper lobster)
Dactylopterus volitans (Linnaeus, 1758) (flying gurnard) Found on sand, mud or over rocks in sandy areas, exploring the bottom with the free part of the pectoral fins . Feeds primarily on benthic crustaceans, especially crabs, clams and small fishes. Neither anterolateral glandural groove nor venom gland is present .
Equetus lanceolatus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Jack-knifefish) Inhabits bays and sounds; also deep coral reefs . Juveniles sometimes inshore . Easily approached . Has been reared in captivity . Feeds mainly on small shrimps and crabs, but also on polychaete worms and gastropod mollusks .
Diodon holocanthus Linnaeus, 1758 (Long-spine porcupinefish)
Sparisoma amplum (Ranzani, 1841) (Reef parrotfish) Occurs in oceanic islands, dwelling mainly in shallow and turbulent areas on coral, algal and rocky reefs. Occurs in smaller groups in deeper habitats .

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