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  • Nº8 # Date: 2013-11-04 - 11:32
  • # Max Depth: 24.4m Duration: 36mins
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  • Temp: Surf 26°C
  • Dive type : Recreational, Wreck
  • Visibility: Good Water: Salt
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  • Weights: 10 kg
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  • 1. Nitrox 32
  • 12L Aluminium     220 → 110 bar
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  • Average depth: 16.3m
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Pterois volitans (Linnaeus, 1758) (Red lionfish)
Scorpaenopsis diabolus (Cuvier, 1829) (False stonefish) Relatively an uncommon inhabitant of rubble or weedy coralline-rock bottoms of reef flats and lagoon and seaward reefs . Benthic . Flashes its inner pectoral fins when disturbed . Can inflict a painful injury with its venomous dorsal sting. Often partly buried .
Epinephelus marginatus (Lowe, 1834) (Duskey grouper) The dusky grouper is a protogynous hermaphrodite, meaning that it matures as a female but later develops into a male as it grows larger and older . Sexual maturity is attained fairly late, when females are around five year...
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Chaetodon austriacus Rüppell, 1836 (Blacktail butterflyfish) Found in coral rich areas; juveniles confined to single coral heads . Territorial and usually in pairs. Mainly diurnal. Oviparous . Form pairs during breeding .
Heniochus intermedius Steindachner, 1893 (Red Sea bannerfish) Found on coral slopes Juveniles in large groups at base of reef, sometimes with H. diphreutes; adults usually solitary or paired, occasionally in groups . Feed on zooplankton and benthic invertebrates . Oviparous , monogamous . Form pairs during breeding .

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