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  • Nº7 # Date: 2013-02-04 - 11:35
  • # Max Depth: 25.6m Duration: 30mins
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  • Temp: Surf 28°C Bottom 28°C
  • Dive type : Recreational, Training, Deep dive
  • Visibility: Excellent Water: Salt
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  • Weights: 4.5 kg
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  • 1. Air
  • 10L Aluminium     186 → 40 bar
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  • Average depth: 17.1m
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Sphyraena flavicauda Rüppell, 1838 (Yellowtail barracuda) Inhabits lagoon and sheltered seaward reefs ; also found in bays . Often schools on coastal reefs .
Pterois volitans (Linnaeus, 1758) (Red lionfish)
Gymnosarda unicolor (Rüppell, 1836) (Bonito) An offshore species found mainly around coral reefs. Generally solitary or occur in small schools of six or less. Preys on small schooling fishes such as Decapterus, Caesio, Nasio, Cirrhilabrus, Pterocaesio and squids. Marketed canned and frozen . Adults may be ciguatoxic .
Tylosurus crocodilus crocodilus (Péron & Lesueur, 1821) (Hound needlefish) A pelagic species found over lagoon and seaward reefs. Solitary or in small groups. Feeds on fishes . Oviparous . Eggs may be found attached to objects in the water by tendrils on the egg's surface . Feared by fi...
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Fistularia petimba Lacepède, 1803 (Pacific cornetfish)
Corythoichthys schultzi Herald, 1953 (Schultz's pipefish) Found among corals or sea fans in lagoon and seaward reefs . Adults in pairs or small aggregations when in the open or in safe places at night . Ovoviviparous . The male carries the eggs in a brood pouch which is found under the tail .
Odontodactylus scyllarus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Peacock Mantis Shrimp)
Gymnothorax javanicus (Bleeker, 1859) (Giant moray)
Epinephelus areolatus (Forsskål, 1775) (yellowspotted rockcod) Usually found in seagrass beds or on fine sediment bottoms near rocky reefs, dead coral, or alcyonarians , in shallow continental shelf waters . Juveniles are common at water depths to 80 m . Probably spawn during restri...
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Cephalopholis formosa (Shaw, 1812) (Bluelined rockcod) Like C. boenak, it prefers shallow dead or silty reefs and this may account for the primarily continental distributions of these two species.

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