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  • Nº6 # Date: 2014-06-23 - 12:00
  • # Max Depth: 18m Duration: 43mins
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Exposure protection = Half, 2mm
Instructor = Daniel Garbett #262563

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  • Dive type : Training, Drift
  • Water: Salt
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  • Weights: 3 kg
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Species Identified

Balistes vetula Linnaeus, 1758 (Ol'wife) The queen triggerfish is often found drifting close to the bottom, where it feeds on a range of molluscs, crustaceans and echinoderms . The strong jaws and long teeth of this fish enable it to bite through the hard body p...
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Holacanthus tricolor (Bloch, 1795) (Angelfish) Inhabits rock jetties, rocky reefs and rich coral areas. Juveniles often associated with fire corals . Feeds on tunicates, sponges, zoantharians and algae. Marketed fresh .
Chaetodon capistratus Linnaeus, 1758 (Butterbun) Inhabit shallow reefs and generally occurs singly or in pairs. Feed mainly on zoantharians, polychaete worms, gorgonians and tunicates. Easily approached . Oviparous . Form pairs during breeding .
Panulirus argus (Latreille, 1804) (Caribbean spiny lobster)
Rhincodon typus Smith, 1828 (Whale shark) These sharks are usually solitary, but loose groups of up to 100 individuals have been sighted, often when they are feeding . Whale sharks appear to be highly migratory , and have been tracked for thousands of kilometres ....
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