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  • Nº5 # Date: 2012-12-18 - 10:45
  • # Max Depth: 20m Duration: 50mins
Diver's Notes

Saw 2 big stingrays and did swim in a shoal of sergeant majors. We mostly did swim on the sand bottom to look for sharks and stingrays instead of swimming near the reef.

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  • Temp: Surf 28°C
  • Dive type : Recreational, Reef
  • Visibility: Excellent
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  • Weights: 9 kg
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  • 12L Steel     220 → 50 bar
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  • Average depth: 13.3m
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Dasyatis guttata (Bloch and Schneider, 1801) (Longnose stingray) Inhabits shallow waters. Ovoviviparous . Marketed salted; also used in the preparation of gelatin and good quality oil. Between 1995 and 2000, at least 5 specimens have been traded as aquarium fish at Ceará, Brazil .
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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