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  • Nº9 # Date: 2013-04-26 - 19:00
  • # Max Depth: 10.3m Duration: 46mins
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AOWD - Night Dive

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  • Dive type : Training, Night dive
  • Visibility: Good Water: Salt
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  • Mask: Aqualung - Look 2
  • Weights: 6.4 kg
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Species Identified

Stenopus hispidus (Olivier, 1811) (banded coral shrimp)
Parupeneus indicus (Shaw, 1803) (Indian goatfish) Inhabit shallow sandy or silty areas of coastal and inner lagoon reefs . Occur singly or in schools . Large adults usually at moderate depths to about 30 m . Feed on benthic invertebrates; the diet including small crab...
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Taeniura lymma (Forsskål, 1775) (Bluespotted ribbontail ray) Blue-spotted stingrays live alone or in small groups , migrating in large schools into shallow sandy areas on the rising tide in order to feed, and dispersing back into the ocean as the tide falls to shelter in the coral c...
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Diodon liturosus Shaw, 1804 (Black-blotched porcupinefish) Inhabits reef edges and slopes . Hides in caves and ledges during the day and forages at night . Also found below plate-corals during the day and often deep, ranging to at least 40 meters depth. Juveniles occur in lagoo...
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Brachirus orientalis (Bloch and Schneider, 1801) (black sole) Inhabits shallow sand and mud bottoms in coastal waters. Enters brackish waters . Reported to enter fresh waters . Feeds mainly on bottom-dwelling invertebrates, especially small crustaceans . Marketed fresh, frozen and dried salted.
Pseudomonacanthus macrurus (Bleeker, 1857) (Strap-weed file-fish) Inhabits shallow coastal algal reefs and estuaries. Adults are often in pairs .

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