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  • Nº17 # Date: 2011-08-17 - 14:53
  • # Max Depth: 18m Duration: 59mins
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  • Dive type : Recreational, Reef
  • Visibility: Excellent Water: Salt
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  • Weights: 3.2 kg
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  • 10L Aluminium     207 → 7 bar
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  • Average depth: 12m
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Species Identified

Megalops atlanticus Valenciennes, 1847 (Atlantic tarpon)
Eretmochelys imbricata (LINNAEUS) 1766 (Hawksbill Turtle) Hawksbills may take decades to mature and it could be between 20 to 40 years before they are ready to breed . Upon reaching sexual maturity, a female will typically lay up to five clutches of around 100 to 140 eggs in one ...
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Epinephelus aeneus (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1817) (Grouper) Adults are found on rocky or mud-sand bottom; juveniles have been taken in coastal lagoons and estuaries. In the west African waters, diet comprise of fishes (58%), stomatopods (21%), crabs (10%), and cephalopods (10%). ...
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Heteroconger hassi (Klausewitz & Eibl-Eibesfeldt, 1959) (Spotted garden-eel) Often found on sandy slopes below 15 m; withdraws into its burrow when approached. Usually in colonies containing up to several hundred individuals.
Myrichthys ocellatus (Lesueur, 1825) (Dark-spotted snake eel) Common near islands and in rocky or coral areas . May move beneath the sand . Found in seagrass bed sand areas with sand and coral rubble . Feeds mainly on crabs . Forages at night for prey.
Pseudophichthys splendens (Lea, 1913) (Purplemouthed conger) Found on muddy bottoms.
Sphyraena putnamae Jordan & Seale, 1905 (Barracuda) Found near prominent current-swept lagoons or seaward reefs . Also in bays and inner turbid lagoons . Nocturnally active, but occurring in relatively large schools during the day . Sold fresh or processed into fish cakes .
Stenorhynchus yangi Goeke, 1989 (red arrow crab)

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