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  • Nº83 # Date: 2018-12-16 - 18:40
  • # Max Depth: 12m Duration: 49mins
Diver's Notes

Turtle Town

Night dive.

Saw three separate sea snake eels. Lots of lionfish following our lights. A giant moray eel exposed head to tail. Loads of different shrimp. Cornet fish, small scorpion fish, catfish, pipefish. Sea slugs

3mm wetsuit.

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  • Temp: Surf 26°C Bottom 24°C
  • Dive type : Recreational, Night dive
  • Visibility: Average Water: Salt
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  • Weights: 7 kg
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  • 1. Air
  • 12L Steel     200 → 60 bar
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  • Average depth: 8m
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Species Identified

Myrichthys colubrinus (Boddaert, 1781) (Harlequin snake-eel) Adults occur in shallow sandy flats and seagrass beds . Benthic . Commonly seen hunting during the day .
Pterois volitans (Linnaeus, 1758) (Red lionfish)
Gymnothorax javanicus (Bleeker, 1859) (Giant moray)
Odontodactylus cultrifer (White 1850) (Smasher mantis shrimp)
Palaemon debilis Dana, 1852 (feeble shrimp, #öpae huna)
Lysmata grabhami (Gordon, 1935) (cleaner shrimp)
Fistularia corneta Gilbert & Starks, 1904 (Cornetfish)
Scorpaena scrofa Linnaeus, 1758 (Large-scaled scorpion fish) Solitary and sedentary over rocky, sandy or muddy bottoms. Feeds on fishes, crustaceans and mollusks .
Plicofollis argyropleuron (Valenciennes 1840) (Large-scaled catfish) Occurs in inshore waters over soft bottoms . Feeds on detritus, prawns, soft-bodied organisms, and mud .
Fistularia petimba Lacepède, 1803 (Pacific cornetfish)
Peltodoris atromaculata Bergh, 1880 (leopard sea slug)

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