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  • Nº9 # Date: 2012-09-16 - 08:00
  • # Max Depth: 15m Duration: 35mins
Diver's Notes

Air:
200 bar
50 bar

Supposedly no currents at all but had strong currents at the bottom.

Spotted:
Antennarius Pictus (Painted Frogfish)
-juvenile black spotted frogfish

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  • Dive type : Recreational, Drift, Reef
  • Visibility: Average Water: Salt
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  • Weights: 5 kg
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Species Identified

Cymbacephalus beauforti (Knapp, 1973) (Crocodile fish) Lives on sand or rubble substrates of sheltered or semi-exposed reefs to a depth of at least 8 m . Well camouflaged on reefs .
Plectorhinchus obscurus (Günther, 1872) (Giant sweetlips) Occurs along outer reef slopes. Adults usually solitary but may occur in pairs. Juveniles in shallow turbid coastal areas .
Gymnothorax meleagris (Shaw, 1795) (Guinea moray eel)
Scorpaenopsis macrochir Ogilby, 1910 (Flasher scorpionfish) A rare inhabitant of mixed sand and rubble areas of reef flats and shallow lagoons. Usually buries itself in the substrate when in sand or sits amongst rubble where it has good camouflage . Anterolateral glandular grooves with venom gland .
Parupeneus multifasciatus (Quoy and Gaimard, 1825) (common goatfish) This occasionally schooling species occurs over sand patches as well as rubble, consolidated limestone, or coral bottoms from reef flats and shallow lagoons . Benthopelagic . Feeds primarily on small crabs and shrimps du...
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Antennarius pictus (Shaw, 1794) (Painted angler) Inhabit shallow sheltered reefs . Adults usually with sponges; juveniles openly on sand or reef, mimicking small sponges or nudibranchs . Benthic . Oviparous. Eggs are bound in ribbon-like sheath or mass of gelatinous mucus called 'egg raft' or 'veil' .

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