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  • Nº60 # Date: 2012-11-04 - 13:16
  • # Max Depth: 24m Duration: 53mins
Diver's Notes

Primera inmersión en el mar rojo!!. Me ha costado compensar el oido derecho. Había un montón de barcos, y mucho ruido. Hemos visto morenas muy, muy grandes, peces loro, corales duros y blandos.

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  • Temp: Surf 28°C Bottom 28°C
  • Dive type : Recreational, Reef
  • Visibility: Excellent Water: Salt
Specific gear used
  • Boots: Subacqua -
  • Computer: Mares - nemo instructor
  • Dive skin: Seac Sub - nature fit
  • Fins: Cressi Sub -
  • Lift bag: Cressi Sub - aqua ride
  • Light: none -
  • Regulator: mares - abyss
  • Weights: 7 kg
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  • 1. Air
  • 12L Aluminium     210 → 70 bar
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  • Average depth: 16m
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Species Identified

Scarus psittacus Forsskål, 1775 (Common parrotfish) Inhabit reef flats and lagoon and seaward reefs to at least 25 m depth . Found over corals . Benthopelagic . Initial-phase fish stage usually form small feeding schools . Graze on benthic algae . Secrete a mucus cocoon .
Gymnothorax flavimarginatus (Rüppell, 1830) (Yellow-edged moray)
Heniochus acuminatus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Pennant coralfish) Inhabit deep, protected lagoons and channels, and the deeper parts of outer reef slopes. Juveniles are often solitary while adults occur in pairs . A planktivorous species that generally remains within a few meters of th...
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Chaetodon lineolatus Cuvier, 1831 (Line butterflyfish) Occur in lagoon and seaward reefs, usually in pairs in coral rich areas . Benthopelagic . Feed mainly on coral polyps and anemones, but also on small invertebrates and algae . Largest species in the genus . Oviparous . Form pairs during breeding .
Variola louti (Forsskål, 1775) (lunartailed rockcod) Usually seen in clear-water areas at depths below 15 m, and prefers islands and offshore reefs rather than continental shores. Feeds mainly on fishes, and on crabs, shrimps and stomatopods. It is highly appreciated for t...
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Cephalopholis miniata (Forsskål, 1775) (bluespot rockcod) Inhabit clear waters of coral reefs; more often found in exposed rather than protected reef areas . Feed on fishes (80%, mainly Pseudanthias squamipinnis) and crustaceans. Form haremic groups comprising of a dominant mal...
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Cephalopholis argus Bloch and Schneider, 1801 (Grouper) A generally common species found in a variety of coral habitats from tide pools to depths of at least 40 m; prefers the 1 to 10 m reef zone. Juvenile prefers shallow, protected coral thickets . Benthic and benthopelagi...
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Pocillopora damicornis (Linnaeus, 1758) (Cauliflower coral) zooxanthellate

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