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  • Nº2 # Date: 2012-11-04 - 02:30
  • # Max Depth: 12m Duration: 50mins
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Second dive at Coral Garden, Boca Chica, Dominican Republic with instructor Robert Sherlock and Buddy Krlitoz

Species: saw more than in the first dive

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  • Dive type : Recreational, Training, Reef
  • Visibility: Average Water: Salt
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  • 1. Air
  • 12L Steel     200 → 70 bar
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  • Average depth: 8m
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Species Identified

Halichoeres garnoti (Valenciennes, 1839) (yellowhead wrasse) Commonly found on shallow and deep reefs and exposed rocky ledges. Feeds on various invertebrates. Forms leks during breeding . A protogynous hermaphrodite . Constantly on the move but easily attracted by divers. Generally of no interest to fisheries because of its small average size .
Pterois volitans (Linnaeus, 1758) (Red lionfish)
Chromis cyanea (Poey, 1860) (blue chromis) Common above deep outer reefs and feeds in aggregations of the small zooplankton, primarily copepods . Often with creole wrasse. Retreats into coral crevices when frightened .

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