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  • Nº22 # Date: 2008-08-12 - 15:25
  • # Max Depth: 10m Duration: 63mins
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  • Visibility: Excellent Water: Salt
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  • Weights: 10 kg
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  • 1. Trimix 0/0
  • 12L Aluminium     200 → ? bar
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  • Average depth: 6.7m
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Species Identified

Aluterus scriptus (Osbeck, 1765) (Unicornfish)
Sphyraena obtusata Cuvier, 1829 (Obtuse barracuda) Inhabits bays and estuaries . Found in schools in seagrass beds and rocky reefs . Feeds mainly on fishes. Exhibits diurnal behavior. Also caught with set nets . Sold fresh, frozen or dried salted in markets.
Amphiprion bicinctus Rüppell, 1830 (threebanded anemonefish) Inhabits lagoons and outer reefs. Oviparous, with elliptical eggs . Monogamous . Has been reared in captivity . Associated with the anemones: Entacmaea quadricolor, Heteractis aurora, Heteractis crispa, Heteractis magnifica, and Stichodactyla gigantea .
Balistoides viridescens (Bloch and Schneider, 1801) (Titan triggerfish) Occur in lagoon, seaward reefs and sheltered inner reef slopes . Juveniles often associated with isolated patches of branching coral or rubble of shallow sandy protected areas. Adults occur singly or in pairs on the slo...
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Gymnothorax meleagris (Shaw, 1795) (Guinea moray eel)
Gymnothorax eurostus (Abbott, 1860) (Abbott's moray eel) Benthic in crevices .

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