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  • Nº16 # Date: 2013-08-13 - 10:59
  • # Max Depth: 10.7m Duration: 39mins
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  • Temp: Surf 35°C Bottom 27°C
  • Dive type : Training, Shore dive
  • Visibility: Good Water: Salt
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  • Weights: 4 kg
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  • 1. Air
  • 12L Steel     210 → 90 bar
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  • Average depth: 7.1m
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Species Identified

Chromis chromis (Linnaeus, 1758) (Mediterranean chromis) Form small shoals in midwater above or near rocky reefs or above seagrass meadows (Posidonia. Feed on small planktonic or benthic animals . Reproduce in summer . Eggs characterised by adhesive filaments are nested on rocky or sandy bottoms . Males guard the eggs .
Apogon imberbis (Linnaeus, 1758) (Cardinal fish) Occasionally forms schools; sometimes solitary. Inhabits muddy or rocky bottoms and caves. Feeds on small invertebrates and fishes . Oral brooding by males .
Oblada melanura (Linnaeus, 1758) (Saddled seabream) Gregarious, forms aggregations over rocky bottoms or seagrass beds . Omnivorous but feeds mainly on small invertebrates . Important food fish.
Coris julis (Linnaeus, 1758) (Mediterranean rainbow wrasse) Occurs in the littoral zone, near rocks and eelgrass beds. Usually found between 1-60 m, but old males stay in deeper water. Found in deeper waters during winter. Sometimes solitary, among rocks, often with numerous spe...
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Serranus scriba (Linnaeus, 1758) (Painted comber) Found on rocky bottom and on Posidonia beds. Feed on fishes and crustaceans.
Salaria pavo (Risso, 1810) (Peacock blenny) Occur in the intertidal zone and shallow bottoms, on rocks or sand between pebbles and vegetation . Often in brackish waters down to 5 ppt . Inhabit crevices or piddock holes, males remain in cavities above water-level d...
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Sarpa salpa (Linnaeus, 1758) (Salema) Found over rocky substrates and sandy area with algal growth. Gregarious, sometimes forming sizeable schools. Young mainly carnivorous on crustaceans, adults almost exclusively herbivorous , feed on seaweeds . Protandri...
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Sparisoma cretense (Linnaeus, 1758) (parrotfish) In shallow water along rocky shores. Feed on algae and small invertebrates . Herbivore species with specialized pharyngeal bones and muscles . Breeding occurs from July to September, with juveniles recruiting in late summer in Portugal .
Amphiprion chrysopterus Cuvier, 1830 (Two-banded anemonefish) Inhabits passages and outer reef slopes. Known to occur at 25°C. Feeds chiefly on planktonic copepods, algae, echiuroid and sipunculoid worms, and pelagic tunicates. Associated with the anemones: Entacmaea quadricolor,...
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