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  • Nº8 # Date: 2016-07-01 - 07:03
  • # Max Depth: 19.5m Duration: 61mins
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  • Temp: Surf 29°C Bottom 30°C
  • Dive type : Recreational
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  • 1. Air
  • 12L Steel
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  • Average depth: 14m
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Chelonia mydas Linnaeus 1758 (Green Turtle) Green turtles are long-lived and may take up to 59 years to reach sexual maturity Undertaking tremendous feats of navigation, adults return to the same beach to breed each season, part of the population in Brazil astonish...
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Gymnothorax pictus (Ahl, 1789) (Moray) Adults inhabit reef flats and rocky intertidal shorelines. Feed on small fishes and crustaceans, sometimes leaving the water in pursuit of prey . Benthic . Simultaneous hermaphroditism is confirmed for this species . Caught with various nets .
Canthigaster valentini (Bleeker, 1853) (Valentinni's sharpnose puffer)
Aulostomus chinensis (Linnaeus, 1766) (Chinese trumpetfish) Found in clear, shallow water , in rocky and coral areas of protected and seaward reefs . Benthopelagic . Feeds on small fishes and shrimps . A slow-moving fish relying partly on stealth and camouflage to sneak up on unsuspecting prey. Often darts down vertically on its prey. Usually solitary .
Caranx sexfasciatus Quoy and Gaimard, 1825 (Bayad)
Amphiprion perideraion Bleeker, 1855 (False skunk-striped anemonefish) Inhabits lagoon and seaward reefs . Mainly diurnal. Non-burrowing. Monogamous . A protandrous hermaphrodite . Associated with the anemones: Heteractis magnifica , Heteractis crispa, Macrodactyla doreensis, and Sticho...
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Chrysiptera cyanea (Quoy and Gaimard, 1825) (cornflower sargeantmajor) Found amongst rubble and coral of clear sheltered lagoons and subtidal reef flats . Occurs in groups of a male and several females or juveniles . Feeds on algae, pelagic tunicates and copepods.
Scarus ghobban Forsskål, 1775 (Blue-barred parrotfish)
Hippocampus bargibanti Whitley 1970 (Pygmy seahorse) Adults are usually found in pairs or clusters of pairs, with up to 28 recorded on a single gorgonian, and may be monogamous . Unusually, it is the male, and not the female, that becomes pregnant in seahorses . Breeding oc...
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Solenostomus cyanopterus Bleeker, 1854 (Ghost pipefish) Mostly pelagic until it settles on the substrate for breeding . Uncommon species found in coastal reefs and weedy areas . Monogamous, always in pairs . Females carry the eggs in their pelvic fins that are modified to form a brood pouch . Feed on small crustaceans .

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