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  • Nº37 # Date: 2016-02-18 - 09:47
  • # Max Depth: 20.8m Duration: 36mins
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Giant Grouper, Barracuda,

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  • Temp: Surf 30°C Bottom 28°C
  • Dive type : Reef
  • Visibility: Average Water: Salt
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  • Weights: 4 kg
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  • 1. Air
  • 12L Aluminium     200 → 100 bar
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  • Average depth: 13.9m
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Species Identified

Sphyraena putnamae Jordan & Seale, 1905 (Barracuda) Found near prominent current-swept lagoons or seaward reefs . Also in bays and inner turbid lagoons . Nocturnally active, but occurring in relatively large schools during the day . Sold fresh or processed into fish cakes .
Epinephelus tauvina (Forsskål, 1775) (Giant grouper) Prefers clear water areas on coral reefs; juveniles have been taken from reef flats and in tide pools, adults found in deeper waters. Solitary and common in lightly fished areas . Adults from Oceania almost exclusively f...
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Platax orbicularis (Forsskål, 1775) (Orbicular batfish) Live in shallow protected coastal waters to deep, somewhat silty habitats. Often with deep shipwrecks . Adults are found singly or in small groups and occasionally in large schools in some areas. Juveniles occur singly ...
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Pomacentrus moluccensis Bleeker, 1853 (Lemon damsel) Inhabits clear lagoon and seaward reefs among branching corals. Occurs in small aggregations. Feeds mainly on algae and planktonic crustaceans.
Amphiprion ocellaris Cuvier, 1830 (false clown anemonefish)
Diadema antillarum (Philippi, 1845) (long-spined sea urchin)

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