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  • Nº5 # Date: 2012-08-24 - 10:00
  • # Max Depth: 18m Duration: 35mins
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  • Temp: Bottom 29°C
  • Dive type : Recreational
  • Visibility: Good Water: Salt
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  • Weights: 4 kg
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  • 12L Steel     200 → 50 bar
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  • Average depth: 12m
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Thalassoma lutescens (Lay and Bennett, 1839) (parrotfish) Occurs in clear outer lagoon and seaward reefs, over open sand and rubble as well as dense coral growth. Common is shallow exposed areas . Benthopelagic . Feeds mainly on shelled benthic invertebrates , also on polychaete worms and fish eggs.
Dendrochirus brachypterus (Cuvier, 1829) (Shortfin turkeyfish) Common in reef flats and shallow lagoons, in areas with weed-covered rocks on sandy substrates. Adults often found on sponges and juveniles are sometimes found in small aggregations on remote bommies with 10 or so individuals . Nocturnal. Feeds on small crustaceans .
Chaetodon fasciatus Forsskål, 1775 (Diagonal butterflyfish) Commonly found on reef flats . Usually solitary or in pairs in areas with rich coral growth. Monogamous . Feed mainly on coral polyps . Oviparous . Form pairs during breeding .
Priolepis cinctus (Regan, 1908) (Girdled goby)
Amblyeleotris diagonalis Polunin & Lubbock, 1979 (Diagonal shrimp-goby) Lives with symbiont alpheid shrimps which prepare and maintain burrows in sand or sand and rubble areas . Found in coastal to outer reef sand slopes .
Neotrygon kuhlii (Müller & Henle, 1841) (Bluespotted stingray) A solitary species found on sandy bottoms near rocky or coral reefs . Usually found in deeper water but moves onto the reef flat and into shallow lagoons at high tide . Occasionally covers itself with sand, leaving only ...
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Pterois volitans (Linnaeus, 1758) (Red lionfish)
Parapercis hexophtalma (Cuvier, 1829) (Speckled sandperch) Found on sand and rubble bottoms of shallow lagoon and protected seaward reefs . Also Ref. 58652.

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