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  • Nº63 # Date: 2012-11-05 - 06:43
  • # Max Depth: 28.9m Duration: 43mins
Diver's Notes

El arrecife parecía un acuario, con multitud de peces pequeños, y algunos grandes. Había un poco de corriente sobre todo a la vuelta. Ha sido una inmersión fantástica.

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Dive Location

  • Temp: Surf 28°C Bottom 28°C
  • Dive type : Recreational, Reef, Photo
  • Visibility: Excellent Water: Salt
Specific gear used
  • Boots: Subacqua -
  • Camera: Canon - Isus 750
  • 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. Nitrox 32
  • 12L Aluminium     200 → 40 bar
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  • Average depth: 19.3m
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Species Identified

Aluterus scriptus (Osbeck, 1765) (Unicornfish)
Aluterus monoceros (Linnaeus, 1758) (Unicorn leatherjacket) Occasionally in shallow water by steep drop-offs. Solitary or in pairs, occasionally in groups of five or six, at less than 10 m depth. Juveniles are pelagic, seen under floating objects . Benthopelagic . Adults and ju...
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Balistes capriscus Gmelin, 1789 (gray triggerfish)
Balistoides viridescens (Bloch and Schneider, 1801) (Titan triggerfish) Occur in lagoon, seaward reefs and sheltered inner reef slopes . Juveniles often associated with isolated patches of branching coral or rubble of shallow sandy protected areas. Adults occur singly or in pairs on the slo...
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Pomacanthus imperator (Bloch, 1787) (Angel fish) Juveniles are encountered under ledges, or in holes of outer lagoon patch reefs or semi-protected areas of exposed channels and outer reef flats. Subadults move to reef front holes and surge channels. Large adults inhabi...
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Heniochus chrysostomus Cuvier, 1831 (Threeband pennantfish) Common in coral-rich areas of subtidal reef flats and lagoon and seaward reefs. Juveniles solitary and usually found in estuaries and lagoons; adults usually in pairs . Feed mainly on coral polyps. Oviparous . Form pairs during breeding . Minimum depth reported taken from Ref. 30874.
Alectis ciliaris (Bloch, 1787) (African pompano)
Forcipiger flavissimus Jordan & McGregor, 1898 (Butterflyfish)
Chaetodon kleinii Bloch, 1790 (Sunburst butterflyfish)
Chaetodon plebeius Cuvier, 1831 (Blueblotch butterflyfish) Feed mainly on polyps of Acropora corals in lagoons and outer reefs. Oviparous , monogamous . Form pairs during breeding . Clean parasites from other fishes .
Chaetodon lunulatus Quoy & Gaimard, 1825 (Oval butterflyfish)

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