Myanmar
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Nº23
Date: 2012-03-31 - 07:30
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Max Depth: 30m Duration: 55mins
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- Temp: Bottom 28°C
- Dive type : Recreational, Deep dive
- Visibility: Good Water: Salt
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- Weights: 5.5 kg
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- 1. Nitrox 32
- 12L Steel 200 → 30 bar
- Average depth: 20m
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Species Identified
Sepiella inermis (Van Hasselt, 1835 in Férussac and D'Orbigny, 1834-1848) (Cuttlefish)
Gymnothorax fimbriatus (Bennett, 1832) (Fimbriated moray)
Occurs in lagoons, reef flats and seaward reefs . Prefers protected inshore waters among dead corals, common in harbors and small caves . Probably nocturnal . Feeds on fishes and crustaceans . Possibly a protogynous hermaphrodite .
Gymnothorax flavimarginatus (Rüppell, 1830) (Yellow-edged moray)
Gymnothorax thyrsoideus (Richardson, 1845) (slender moray)
Fairly common inhabitant of reef flats where it is usually encountered in shallow tidal pools. Often in shipwrecks; usually in pairs or small aggregations, and shares habitat with other morays .
Gymnothorax javanicus (Bleeker, 1859) (Giant moray)
Echidna polyzona (Richardson, 1845) (Barred moray)
Inhabits reef flats, clear shallow lagoons, and seaward reefs . Benthic . Feeds mainly on small crustaceans during both day and night .
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Huge scorpion fish and two great cuttlefish (until the cameras showed up). Saw my first fimbriated moray as well. Massive eels all around, especially the one who lives all wound around a mass of green coral.