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  • Nº10 # Date: 2012-08-25 - 14:48
  • # Max Depth: 16.6m Duration: 55mins
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  • Surface interval:122 mins
  • Temp: Bottom 27°C
  • Dive type : Recreational, Boat dive
  • Visibility: Good Water: Salt
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  • Weights: 4 kg
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  • 1. Air
  • 12L Steel     210 → 80 bar
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  • Average depth: 11.1m
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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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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 .
Ostracion cubicus Linnaeus, 1758 (Yellow boxfish) Inhabit lagoon and semi-sheltered seaward reefs. Juveniles often among Acropora corals . Benthopelagic . Solitary . Juveniles expatriating to subtropical zone from the pelagic larval stage. Small juveniles secretive i...
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Enteroctopus dofleini (Wülker, 1910) (Giant pacific octopus)
Cyclichthys spilostylus (Leis & Randall, 1982) (burrfish)
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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Pomacanthus imperator (Bloch, 1787) (Angel fish) Juveniles are encountered under ledges, or in holes of outer lagoon patch reefs or semi-protected areas of exposed channels and outer reef flats. Subadults move to reef front holes and surge channels. Large adults inhabi...
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Chaetodon austriacus Rüppell, 1836 (Blacktail butterflyfish) Found in coral rich areas; juveniles confined to single coral heads . Territorial and usually in pairs. Mainly diurnal. Oviparous . Form pairs during breeding .
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.
Pseudanthias fasciatus (Kamohara, 1954) (One-stripe anthias) Found in or near caves and ledges of seaward reefs . Adults swim upside-down .

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