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  • Nº13 # Date: 2013-07-24 - 17:17
  • # Max Depth: 14.6m Duration: 48mins
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  • Temp: Surf 28°C Bottom 22°C
  • Dive type : Recreational, Photo, boat
  • Visibility: Excellent Water: Salt
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  • Weights: 5 kg
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  • 12L Steel     210 → 60 bar
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  • Average depth: 8.8m
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Thalassoma pavo (Linnaeus, 1758) (Ornate wrasse) Inhabits coastal waters near rocks and eel-grass beds. Usually solitary, sometimes in small groups. Feeds on small mollusks and crustaceans . Protogynous hermaphrodite, with distinct sexual dichromatism . Eggs are pelagic .
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.
Lithognathus mormyrus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Striped seabream) Found on the shelf, over sandy and muddy bottoms as well as seagrass-beds and estuaries. Gregarious, sometimes forming sizeable schools. Feeds on worms, mollusks and small crustaceans. Protandric hermaphrodite . Flesh excellent ; sold fresh and dried.
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 .
Octopus vulgaris Cuvier, 1797 (common octopus) Like all cephalopods, the common octopus is an intelligent active predator . They have modified salivary glands that produce venom used to incapacitate prey. It is often easy to identify what a common octopus has been feed...
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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 .
Holothuria forskali Chiaje, 1841
Sabella spallanzanii (Viviani, 1805)
Bonellia viridis Rolando, L., 1821 ((German: Igelwurm))
Anemonia viridis (Forskål, 1775) (Snakelocks anemone)
Echinaster sepositus (common starfish)
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 .
Muraena helena Linnaeus, 1758 (Mediterranean moray) A nocturnal and territorial species , commonly lurking in holes, and writhing snakelike through crevices, under rocks or corals. Feeds on fish, crabs and squid . It seldom attacks unless provoked . A gonochoristic speci...
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Epinephelus marginatus (Lowe, 1834) (Duskey grouper) The dusky grouper is a protogynous hermaphrodite, meaning that it matures as a female but later develops into a male as it grows larger and older . Sexual maturity is attained fairly late, when females are around five year...
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