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  • Nº30 # Date: 2014-09-21 - 09:40
  • # Max Depth: 22m Duration: 47mins
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  • Temp: Surf 21°C Bottom 20°C
  • Dive type : Recreational, boat
  • Visibility: Average Water: Salt
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  • Dive skin: SharkSkin -
  • Gloves: Aqualung - Admiral Amara II 2mm M
  • Regulator: Cressi Sub - Ellipse Balanced / MC 9 - SC
  • Wet suit: Aqualung - Iceland 7 mm
  • Weights: 6 kg
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  • 1. Air
  • 12L Steel     200 → 60 bar
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  • Average depth: 14.9m
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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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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.
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 .
Dentex dentex (Linnaeus, 1758) (Common dentex) Inhabit hard bottoms down to 200 m depth. Usually found in shallow water less than 50 m deep . Adults solitary; young gregarious . Young fish caught with traps. Feed on fish, mollusks and cephalopods. Important food ...
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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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Scorpaena notata Rafinesque, 1810 (Small red scorpionfish) Common in rocky littoral habitats. Feeds on crustaceans and small fishes . Flesh is tasty and used in making 'bouillabaisse' .
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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Eunicella singularis (Esper, 1791)
Apogon imberbis (Linnaeus, 1758) (Cardinal fish) Occasionally forms schools; sometimes solitary. Inhabits muddy or rocky bottoms and caves. Feeds on small invertebrates and fishes . Oral brooding by males .
Anemonia viridis (Forskål, 1775) (Snakelocks anemone)
Sabella spallanzanii (Viviani, 1805)
Bonellia viridis Rolando, L., 1821 ((German: Igelwurm))
Holothuria forskali Chiaje, 1841
Echinaster sepositus (common starfish)
Phycis phycis (Linnaeus, 1766) (lesser forkbeard) Found on hard and sandy-muddy bottoms near rocks at 100-650 m, but sometimes taken at greater depths . Nocturnal, hiding between rocks during the day . Feed on small fish and various invertebrates .
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 .
Mullus surmuletus Linnaeus, 1758 (Striped red mullet)
Syngnathus typhle Linnaeus, 1758 (Broad-nosed pipefish) Usually found along the coasts and estuaries at a temperature range of 8° to 24°C . Often associated with Zostera or other vegetation . Ovoviviparous . The male carries the eggs in a brood pouch which is found under the tail . Spawns in summer .

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