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  • Nº10 # Date: 2010-04-21 - 12:05
  • # Max Depth: 18m Duration: 57mins
Diver's Notes

Multilevel dive. Most of the dive was at 15-16 m.

Saw scorpionfish, Andaman sweetlips, lionfish ( spotfin, zebra, dwarf), blue-spotted stingray, tiger-tail seahorse, nudibranchs, peacock mantis shrimp, scorpionfish, pregnant giant puffer, spotted boxfish, sand lizardfish.

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  • Surface interval:71 mins
  • Temp: Bottom 30°C
  • Dive type : Recreational, Reef
  • Visibility: Good Water: Salt
Specific gear used
  • Wet suit: - 3 mm shorty
  • Fins: Seac Sub - Fuga (full foot)
  • Weights: 5.6 kg
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Dive Profile

  • 1. Air
  • 15L Steel     200 → 40 bar
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  • Average depth: 17.7m
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Species Identified

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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Hippocampus comes Cantor, 1849 (spotted seahorse) Length type refers to Height (= from top of coronet to the tip of straightened tail). This species is mainly found in pairs on coral reefs, sponge gardens, kelp, and floating Sargassum. Nocturnal, site faithful. Feeds ...
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Dendrochirus zebra (Cuvier, 1829) (Zebra turkeyfish) Found on coral, rubble, or rock bottoms of reef flats ; also in coastal to outer reef habitats in sheltered lagoons and in caves, sometimes in small aggregations. Usually shallow, from 3-60m but also reported to 80 m dep...
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Pterois antennata (Bloch, 1787) (Broadbarred firefish) Occurs in lagoon and seaward reefs. Hides in crevices under rocks and coral formations during the day and hunts at night. Typically with head towards the safety of their hide-out or narrow passage . Feeds on shrimps and...
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Odontodactylus scyllarus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Peacock Mantis Shrimp)
Ostracion immaculatus Temminck & Schlegel, 1850 (bluespotted boxfish) Occurs near shore (incl. semi-enclosed sea areas) on rock bottoms .
Synodus dermatogenys Fowler, 1912 (Sand lizardfish) Common on sand or sand-rubble areas of lagoon and seaward reefs to over 20 m depth . Benthic . Frequently buries in sand leaving only eyes and nostrils exposed . Generally solitary .

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