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  • Nº5 # Date: 2012-07-12 - 11:30
  • # Max Depth: 10m Duration: 49mins
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  • Temp: Bottom 27°C
  • Dive type : Recreational, shore
  • Visibility: Good Water: Salt
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  • Weights: 6.8 kg
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  • 1. Air
  • 10L Aluminium     207 → 41 bar
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  • Average depth: 6.7m
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Lactophrys bicaudalis (Linnaeus, 1758) (Trunkfish) Found in clear water around coral reefs. Sometimes under ledges and near small holes . Feeds on a variety of small bottom invertebrates such as mollusks, crustaceans, starfishes, sea urchins, sea cucumbers, sessile tunic...
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Stegastes adustus (Troschel, 1865) (Dusky damselfish) Inhabits rocky shores exposed to wave action. Often in tide pools. Feeds primarily on algae and detritus. Territorial and pugnacious. Generally common . Taken incidentally in traps and small-meshed beach nets .
Carangoides ruber (Bloch, 1793) (Bar jack) Common in clear insular areas or in coral reefs off mainland coasts . Juveniles frequent areas with algae . Usually in schools which may be spawning groups; occasionally solitary. Feeds on fishes, shrimps and other in...
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Oligoplites saurus (Bloch and Schneider, 1801) (Jack) Found inshore, usually along sandy beaches, in bays and inlets . Enters estuaries and fresh water . Prefers turbid water . Occurs in schools, usually large and fast moving, often leaping out of the water . Juveniles ma...
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Acanthurus coeruleus Bloch and Schneider, 1801 (Blue tang surgeonfish) Inhabits coral reefs, inshore grassy or rocky areas. Forms small groups . Mainly diurnal. Feeds entirely on algae . At Fernando de Noronha Archipelago in southwestern Atlantic, juveniles hold cleaning stations togeth...
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Dasyatis americana Hildebrand and Schroeder, 1928 (stingaree) The southern stingray is an active swimmer that feeds primarily at night, on a diet of invertebrates and small fishes. They feeding by flapping their wing-like pectoral fins to disturb the sand, and expose their prey . T...
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Holocentrus adscensionis (Osbeck, 1765) (Squirrelfish) Occurs in shallow coral reefs, as well as deeper offshore waters . A nocturnal species, hiding in deep crevices or under coral ledges during the day; at night it usually moves over sand and grass beds, taking mainly crabs...
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