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  • Nº25 # Date: 1999-09-18 - 09:00
  • # Max Depth: 29m Duration: 46mins
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  • Dive type : Drift, Reef
  • Visibility: Excellent Water: Salt
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  • 15L Aluminium     200 → 50 bar
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  • Average depth: 19.3m
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Cephalopholis leopardus (Lacepède, 1801) (red-spotted rock cod) Occurs in coral-rich areas of lagoon pinnacles, channels, and outer reef slopes. Solitary , a secretive species, usually hiding in caves and crevices in the reefs. One of the smallest species of groupers known. Gut analysis revealed crustacean remains.
Remora remora (Linnaeus, 1758) (Common remora) Usually associated with sharks but also attaches itself to other large fishes, sea turtles and even ships ; found in gill chambers, fins and body surface . Sometimes free-swimming . Younger individual is more active as parasite pickers . Feeds on parasitic copepods .
Pterois volitans (Linnaeus, 1758) (Red lionfish)
Cheilinus undulatus Rüppell, 1835 (Humphead wrasse) Humphead wrasses are extremely long-lived, known to survive for at least 30 years, and taking around five to seven years to reach sexual maturity . Adults are usually solitary, spending the day roaming the reef and returni...
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Gymnothorax mareei Poll, 1953 (Spotjaw moray) Inhabits rocky and sandy bottoms of coastal waters.
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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Triaenodon obesus (Rüppell, 1837) (Whitetip reef shark) Despite its docile nature during the day this nocturnal shark can become aggressive when hunting at night, thrashing through coral reefs looking for potential prey. The whitetip reef shark usually hunts alone, but is non-t...
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Canthigaster bennetti (Bleeker, 1854) (Bennett's sharpnose puffer) Inhabits inner reef flats and sheltered lagoons. A common inshore species, often on algal or silty reefs and among attached Sargassum on shallow rubble flats . Feeds mainly on filamentous green algae and to a lesser exte...
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Canthigaster solandri (Richardson, 1845) (Spotted sharpnose) Inhabit sheltered rocky reefs . Also live in intertidal reef flats, lagoon and seaward reefs. Occur over open barren areas, also among corals and under ledges . Benthopelagic . Often found in pairs, sometimes in small ...
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Arothron meleagris (Lacepède, 1798) ('opu hue)
Pseudobalistes fuscus (Bloch and Schneider, 1801) (Yellow-spotted triggerfish) Occur in clear shallow lagoons and seaward reefs; sandy areas near reef patches of reef edge are preferred. Adults on deep reefs or with shipwrecks, usually deeper than 30 meters. Juveniles inshore on rubble reef or smal...
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Melichthys vidua (Richardson, 1845) (Pink-tail trigger)
Rhinecanthus aculeatus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Blackbar triggerfish) Commonly found in subtidal reef flats and shallow protected lagoons, Ref. 48637. Benthopelagic . Juveniles secretive with rubble patches, adults swim about openly but are usually shy . Territorial. Feed on algae, detri...
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Sufflamen bursa (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) (Boomerang triggerfish) Inhabit clear inner and outer reef habitats from exposed algae reef flats to deep along drop-offs . Occur in seaward reefs below the surge zone . Benthopelagic . Feed on crabs, bivalves, gastropods, algae, echinoids, t...
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Lactoria cornuta (Linnaeus, 1758) (Longhorn cowfish) Inhabit inshore on coastal muddy or sandy habitats in still bays, and commonly found in harbours and estuaries. Small juveniles on protected shallow mudflats . Found in weedy areas near rocks or reefs. Juveniles often n...
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Gymnothorax flavimarginatus (Rüppell, 1830) (Yellow-edged moray)
Pseudobalistes flavimarginatus (Rüppell, 1829) (Yellowmargin triggerfish) Inhabits coastal to inner reefs and estuaries, often in silty habitats . Found on lagoon slope and floor , also coral reefs. Generally solitary or in pairs . Young form small aggregations when common while adults are us...
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Melichthys niger (Bloch, 1786) (Black triggerfish)

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