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  • Nº65 # Date: 2011-12-24 - 09:21
  • # Max Depth: 25m Duration: 41mins
Diver's Notes

Best dive of our trip. 2 Lionfish mating on underside of coral head. Then large eagleray sawm (flew) overhead and around us . . . awesome. Coral was in "towers" off sand bottom, and under one large overhang I found a 6+ foot nurse shark sleeping in the sand at 80' - beautiful!

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  • Temp: Surf 26°C Bottom 26°C
  • Dive type : Recreational, Drift, Reef, Photo
  • Visibility: Excellent Water: Salt
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  • 10L Aluminium     207 → 48 bar
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  • Average depth: 16.7m
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Species Identified

Ginglymostoma cirratum (Bonnaterre, 1788) (Nurse shark) During the day the nurse shark is a sluggish animal, spending most of its time resting on sandy bottoms, or in crevices in rocks and coral reefs. Often several nurse sharks may congregate when resting, sometimes even pili...
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Fenestraja plutonia (Garman, 1881) (Longtail skate) Deep water species . Oviparous . Eggs have horn-like projections on the shell .
Leucoraja yucatanensis (Bigelow and Schroeder, 1950) (Yucatan skate) Deep water species . Oviparous . Eggs have horn-like projections on the shell . Minimum depth from Ref. 58018.
Aetobatus narinari (Euphrasen, 1790) (Bishop ray) Large groups of spotted eagle rays may be seen outside of the breeding season. These rays swim close to the surface and can occasionally be seen jumping clear out of the water (known as 'breaching') . Females give birth to...
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Prionotus rubio Jordan, 1886 (blackfin searobin) Found from bays and estuaries to the mid-shelf.
Gymnothorax funebris Ranzani, 1839 (Green cong) A benthic and solitary species occurring along rocky shorelines, reefs, and mangroves .Usually found shallower than 30 m . Due to its large size and aggressiveness, the bites of this moray are particularly dangerous . F...
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Gymnothorax miliaris (Kaup, 1856) (Bastard eel) A benthic and solitary species inhabiting coral reefs and rocky shorelines. Usually at depths of 60 m . One of the most common and easily recognized morays of the West Indian reefs, active during the day and sometimes h...
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