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  • Nº14 # Date: 2004-03-07 - 10:00
  • # Max Depth: 16.5m Duration: 80mins
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Nice long dive, probably cleanup Australia day with the club.

The vis got worse the further out off the wharf we went, but we got to the sponge gardens, but there was algae all over everything. Came back to the wharf and didd some cleaning

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  • Dive type : Recreational
  • Visibility: Bad Water: Salt
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Heterodontus japonicus Maclay & Macleay, 1884 (Japanese bullhead shark) Found near shore on the continental shelf, more commonly on rocky and kelp-covered bottom . Feeds on crustaceans, mollusks , small fishes and sea urchins. Oviparous . Grabs prey by protruding its jaw with considerable distance.
Pseudocaranx dentex (Bloch and Schneider, 1801) (underjaw kingfish) Occur in bays and coastal waters, including estuaries . Juveniles usually inhabit estuaries, bays and shallow continental shelf waters, while adults form schools near the sea bed on the continental shelf . Schools are fo...
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Lactoria (boxfishes)
Octopus (Octopus (genere))

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