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  • Nº138 # Date: 2019-04-11 - 14:52
  • # Max Depth: 18m Duration: 53mins
Diver's Notes

School of jacks (large) 12x Bumphead Parrotfish,Ornate Ghost Pipefish, Ornate Ghost pipefish, Tassled/bearded Frogfish, Scorpionfish, Lionfish, Huge Potatgo Cod. Pufferfish, baby crocodilefish, several nudibranch. Spadefish, long fin bannerfish. Bright yellow trumpetfish, Banded Sea Krait,
Check dive on house reef, loads of sea life and very nice comfortable dive

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  • Temp: Surf 33°C Bottom 30°C
  • Dive type : Recreational
  • Visibility: Good Water: Salt
Specific gear used
  • BCD: Cressi Sub - Ultralight
  • Fins: Atomic Aquatics - Split Fins
  • Light: Intova - 300 Lumen
  • Weights: 4 kg
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Dive Profile

  • 1. Air
  • 12L Aluminium     210 → 70 bar
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  • Average depth: 11.6m
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Species Identified

Bolbometopon muricatum (Valenciennes, 1840) (Green humphead parrotfish) The gregarious humphead parrotfish is always found in small shoals, sometimes consisting of up to 75 individuals . It feeds on a diet of live corals and algae that grow on the ocean bottom, and uses its large bulbous head...
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Solenostomus paradoxus (Pallas, 1770) (Harlequin ghost pipefish) Usually settles along reef edges in current-prone areas . Uncommon species found solitary or paired, among branches of gorgonians, floating weeds, or crinoids . They feed mostly on mysids but also target small benthic sh...
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Pterois volitans (Linnaeus, 1758) (Red lionfish)
Laticauda colubrina SCHNEIDER 1799 (Colubrine or yellow-lipped sea krait)
Hypselodoris bullockii (Collingwood, 1881) (Bullocks Hypselodoris)
Phyllidia varicosa Lamarck 1801 (Varicose nudibranch)
Epinephelus tukula Morgans, 1959 (potato cod) Mainly found in deep reef channels and seamounts, in current prone areas . Juveniles may be found in tide pools . Feeds on reef fishes, skates, crabs, and spiny lobsters . Considered to be exceedingly territorial and ve...
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Cymbacephalus beauforti (Knapp, 1973) (Crocodile fish) Lives on sand or rubble substrates of sheltered or semi-exposed reefs to a depth of at least 8 m . Well camouflaged on reefs .
Arothron immaculatus (Bloch and Schneider, 1801) (Narrow-lined toadfish) Inhabits weedy areas, often in estuaries; seagrass beds and mangrove areas in 1-1.5 m. Specimens caught by trawling over silty bottoms in 17 m. .
Corythoichthys amplexus Dawson & Randall, 1975 (Brown-banded pipefish) Inhabits coral reefs . Ovoviviparous . The male carries the eggs in a brood pouch which is found under the tail . Males may be brooding at 5.0-5.5 CM SL .

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