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  • Nº108 # Date: 2017-10-28 - 15:20
  • # Max Depth: 11m Duration: 60mins
Diver's Notes

Nitrox 30%, Rib dive
Scorpionfish, Free Swimming Moray, Unicornfish, Sweetlips, Goatfish, cornetfish & Blue spotted rays

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  • Surface interval:150 mins
  • Temp: Surf 30°C Bottom 27°C
  • Dive type : Recreational, Drift, Reef
  • Visibility: Excellent Water: Salt
Specific gear used
  • BCD: Cressi Sub - Ultralight
  • Fins: Atomic Aquatics - Split Fins
  • Weights: 4 kg
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Dive Profile

  • 1. Nitrox 30
  • 15L Steel     200 → 99 bar
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  • Average depth: 7.7m
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Species Identified

Trachinocephalus myops (Forster, 1801) (Bluntnose lizardfish) Found near shore above 40 m over sandy bottoms of deep outer reef slopes . Reported to be common in estuaries . Benthic at 3-388 m . Rest on or more often burrow into substrate, leaving eyes exposed . When disturbed, i...
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Stegastes partitus (Poey, 1868) (bicolor damselfish) Inhabits shallow coral reefs and isolated patch reefs in deeper water. Feeds primarily on algae but also on polychaetes, hydroids, copepods and ascidians . Aggressively territorial but only around a small area . Taken incidentally in traps and small-meshed beach nets .
Pagrus pagrus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Common seabream) The red porgy has a fascinating life history; all individuals start life as females, and then some change sex to become functional males . This sex transition may take place when the red porgy is a juvenile or, more commo...
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Stephanolepis hispidus (Linnaeus, 1766) (Common filefish) Found on sand or mud bottoms. Associated with Sargassum . Adults feed on benthic invertebrates . Edible but generally rejected by fishers .
Labroides dimidiatus (Valenciennes, 1839) (Bluestreak cleaner wrasse) Inhabits coral rich areas of inner lagoons and subtidal reef flats to seaward reefs . Feeds on crustacean ectoparasites and mucus of other fishes . Monogamous . A protogynous hermaphrodite . Stays in stations where oth...
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Sphyraena barracuda (Edwards, 1771) (Alho)
Holocentrus adscensionis (Osbeck, 1765) (Squirrelfish) Occurs in shallow coral reefs, as well as deeper offshore waters . A nocturnal species, hiding in deep crevices or under coral ledges during the day; at night it usually moves over sand and grass beds, taking mainly crabs...
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Gymnothorax buroensis (Bleeker, 1857) (Vagrant moray)
Scorpaena porcus Linnaeus, 1758 (Black scorpionfish)
Taeniura lymma (Forsskål, 1775) (Bluespotted ribbontail ray) Blue-spotted stingrays live alone or in small groups , migrating in large schools into shallow sandy areas on the rising tide in order to feed, and dispersing back into the ocean as the tide falls to shelter in the coral c...
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Pterois radiata Cuvier, 1829 (Radial firefish) A generally uncommon species that inhabits lagoon and seaward reefs . Prefers rocky reefs and seems to avoid stony corals. Coastal, sometimes in surge zones where in narrow crevices, or along rock-walls in small caves . ...
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