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  • Nº21 # Date: 1999-09-10 - 14:00
  • # Max Depth: 18m Duration: 45mins
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Eagle Ray, Pastenagre, I played with a Mooray

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  • Dive type : Recreational, Reef
  • Visibility: Excellent Water: Salt
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  • 1. Air
  • 15L Aluminium     200 → 50 bar
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  • Average depth: 12m
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Taeniura grabata (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1817) (Round stingray) A neritic, coastal species . Generally found on sand and rock-sand bottoms . Partially covered with sand or mud. Feeds on bottom-living fishes and crustaceans. Ovoviviparous .
Myliobatis aquila (Linnaeus, 1758) (Common eagle ray) Found in shallow lagoons , bays and estuaries; also offshore down to at least 95 m . Often found in groups . Feeds on benthic crustaceans, mollusks and fish. Ovoviviparous . Gestation period of 6-8 months, the females ...
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Carcharhinus melanopterus (Quoy and Gaimard, 1824) (blacktip reef shark) This powerful swimmer is well known for its tendency to enter incredibly shallow water, and is often found in water only 30 centimetres deep or less, with its distinctive dorsal fin protruding from the surface of the water...
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Gymnothorax unicolor (Delaroche, 1809) (Brown moray) Found on shelf, on rocky coasts, rough sand, gravel, crevices, small caves and shadowed zones . Feeds on small crabs and gastropods .
Gymnothorax mareei Poll, 1953 (Spotjaw moray) Inhabits rocky and sandy bottoms of coastal waters.

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