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  • Nº85 # Date: 2016-10-05 - 11:29
  • # Max Depth: 14m Duration: 65mins
Diver's Notes

Great dive site, very simple (Unguided dive)
Pinnacles arounf the main erg.
Jack fish, Morays, Blue spot Rays & Sweet Lips

Dive Profile
Dive Location

  • Temp: Surf 31°C Bottom 28°C
  • Dive type : Recreational, Reef, Photo
  • Visibility: Excellent Water: Salt
Specific gear used
  • Fins: Atomic Aquatics - Split Fins
  • Other: Atomic Aquatics - SV2 Snorkel
  • Weights: 4 kg
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  • Dive buddies: Otto
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Dive Profile

  • 1. Air
  • 12L Steel     200 → 60 bar
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  • Average depth: 9.3m
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Species Identified

Balistoides viridescens (Bloch and Schneider, 1801) (Titan triggerfish) Occur in lagoon, seaward reefs and sheltered inner reef slopes . Juveniles often associated with isolated patches of branching coral or rubble of shallow sandy protected areas. Adults occur singly or in pairs on the slo...
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Selar crumenophthalmus (Bloch, 1793) (Big eye scad) Prefers clear oceanic waters around islands to neritic waters . Occasionally in turbid waters . Pelagic . Mainly nocturnal. Feeds on small shrimps, benthic invertebrates, and forams when inshore, and zooplankton and fi...
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Gymnothorax flavimarginatus (Rüppell, 1830) (Yellow-edged moray)
Gymnothorax punctatus Bloch & Schneider, 1801 (Whitespotted moray) Found in shallow coastal coral and rocky reefs .
Gymnothorax undulatus (Lacepède, 1803) (Moray)
Malacanthus brevirostris Guichenot, 1848 (Quakerfish)
Fistularia commersonii Rüppell, 1838 (Bluespotted cornetfish)
Amphiprion bicinctus Rüppell, 1830 (threebanded anemonefish) Inhabits lagoons and outer reefs. Oviparous, with elliptical eggs . Monogamous . Has been reared in captivity . Associated with the anemones: Entacmaea quadricolor, Heteractis aurora, Heteractis crispa, Heteractis magnifica, and Stichodactyla gigantea .
Naso lituratus (Forster, 1801) (Orangespine unicornfish)
Parupeneus forsskali (Fourmanoir and Guézé, 1976) (forsskâl's goatfish) The most common goatfish in shallow water in the Red Sea. Usually found on sand bottoms near coral reefs . Feeds on invertebrates that live on sand .
Mulloidichthys vanicolensis (Valenciennes, 1831) (Vanikolo goatfish)
Plectorhinchus flavomaculatus (Cuvier, 1830) (Lemon sweetlip) Inhabits coastal waters near reefs and weedy areas . Adults usually on silty reefs at moderate depths, or in current channels occasionally inshore; juveniles enter estuaries and harbors . Feeds on small fishes and crustaceans . Good food fish, marketed fresh.

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