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  • Nº24 # Date: 2014-06-09 - 11:39
  • # Max Depth: 32.9m Duration: 35mins
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  • Temp: Surf 23°C Bottom 17°C
  • Dive type : Recreational, Boat
  • Visibility: Average Water: Salt
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  • Regulator: Cressi Sub - Ellipse Balanced / MC 9 - SC
  • Wet suit: Aqualung - Iceland 7 mm
  • Weights: 6 kg
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  • 12L Steel     200 → 40 bar
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  • Average depth: 15.6m
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Boops boops (Linnaeus, 1758) (Bogue) Found on the shelf or coastal pelagic on various bottoms . Gregarious, ascending to the surface mainly at night. Omnivorous, feeding mainly on crustaceans, also planktophagous. Hermaphroditic, generally protogynous. Al...
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Diplodus puntazzo (Cetti, 1777) (Sharpsnout seabream) Benthopelagic marine species. Gregarious species living in coastal waters on rocky or sandy bottoms, up to 1 50 m . Younger individuals can also be found in brackish waters and may live in littoral pools , the adults often...
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Diplodus vulgaris (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1817) (Common two-banded seabream) A euryhaline species inhabiting rocky and sometimes sandy bottoms to depths of 160 m, but more commonly in less than 50 m. The young are sometimes found in seagrass beds. Adults feed on crustaceans, worms and mollusks . Important food fish.
Symphodus tinca (Linnaeus, 1758) (painted wrasse) Littoral, found near rocks mainly in eel-grass beds, sometimes in salty lagoons. Often gregarious. Nest of seaweed built and kept by male with one or more females spawning. Feed on sea urchins, ophiuroids, bivalves, shrimps and crabs . Rate of growth is slow . Undergoes sex reversal .
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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Labrus merula Linnaeus, 1758 (Cuckoo wrasse) Found around rocks and seaweeds. Sometime schooling, more solitary when older. Feed on sea urchins, ophiuroids, mollusks, crabs and worms. Mature when 2 years old (15-20 cm). Spawn during February to May in western Mediterranean .
Anthias anthias (Linnaeus, 1758) (Swallowtail seaperch) Lives amongst rocks, gravel, coral and in submarine caves on the continental shelf and upper slope. Nocturnal. Feeds on crustaceans and small fishes. Protogynous.
Holothuria forskali Chiaje, 1841
Echinaster sepositus (common starfish)
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 .
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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Diplodus sargus sargus (Linnaeus, 1758) (White seabream) Inhabits coastal rocky reef areas and Posidonia oceanica beds. Like other sparids, it is very active and frequents the surf zone, primarily at dawn . Feeds on shellfish and other benthic invertebrates which it picks from the sediment .
Ophioderma longicauda (Bruzelius, 1805)

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