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  • Nº80 # Date: 2016-10-02 - 10:23
  • # Max Depth: 34m Duration: 45mins
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Free swimming Maory Eels & Lionfish

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  • Temp: Surf 29°C Bottom 27°C
  • Dive type : Recreational, Deep dive, Reef, Photo
  • Visibility: Excellent Water: Salt
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  • Fins: Atomic Aquatics - Split Fins
  • Other: Atomic Aquatics - SV2 Snorkel
  • Weights: 4 kg
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Dive Profile

  • 1. Air
  • 12L Steel     200 → 60 bar
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  • Average depth: 16.7m
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Species Identified

Gymnothorax undulatus (Lacepède, 1803) (Moray)
Gymnothorax buroensis (Bleeker, 1857) (Vagrant moray)
Pterois volitans (Linnaeus, 1758) (Red lionfish)
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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Heniochus intermedius Steindachner, 1893 (Red Sea bannerfish) Found on coral slopes Juveniles in large groups at base of reef, sometimes with H. diphreutes; adults usually solitary or paired, occasionally in groups . Feed on zooplankton and benthic invertebrates . Oviparous , monogamous . Form pairs during breeding .
Fistularia commersonii Rüppell, 1838 (Bluespotted cornetfish)
Ostracion cubicus Linnaeus, 1758 (Yellow boxfish) Inhabit lagoon and semi-sheltered seaward reefs. Juveniles often among Acropora corals . Benthopelagic . Solitary . Juveniles expatriating to subtropical zone from the pelagic larval stage. Small juveniles secretive i...
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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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Coris aygula Lacepède, 1801 (Clown wrasse) Occurs in the vicinity of sand or rubble patches of exposed outer reef flats, lagoon reefs, and seaward reefs , often in semi-exposed surge zones . Adults solitary. Juveniles common in shallow tide pools . Feeds mainly ...
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Pseudocheilinus evanidus Jordan and Evermann, 1903 (Striated wrasse) Found among patches of rubble or among branching coral of seaward reef slopes from 6 to at least 40 m . Benthopelagic . Rare in less than 20 m . Generally solitary and feeds on small benthic invertebrates .
Thalassoma lutescens (Lay and Bennett, 1839) (parrotfish) Occurs in clear outer lagoon and seaward reefs, over open sand and rubble as well as dense coral growth. Common is shallow exposed areas . Benthopelagic . Feeds mainly on shelled benthic invertebrates , also on polychaete worms and fish eggs.
Gomphosus caeruleus Lacepède, 1801 (Checkerboard wrasse) Inhabits coral-rich areas of lagoon and seaward reefs . Also in rocky reefs . Feeds on small invertebrates .

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