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  • Nº6 # Date: 2016-12-24 - 10:15
  • # Max Depth: 9.9m Duration: 18mins
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This dive was a tugboat dive (saw lizardfish, eel, parrotfish.)

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  • 1. Air
  • 0L Steel     200 → 50 bar
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  • Average depth: 4.3m
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Species Identified

Gymnothorax miliaris (Kaup, 1856) (Bastard eel) A benthic and solitary species inhabiting coral reefs and rocky shorelines. Usually at depths of 60 m . One of the most common and easily recognized morays of the West Indian reefs, active during the day and sometimes h...
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Myrichthys breviceps (Richardson, 1848) (Culebra rosario) Commonly encountered swimming near the bottom in clear water from harbors to reefs. More common along continent and in grassy areas . Found in shallow areas to depths of 9 m. Feeds mainly on crabs. .
Ablennes hians (Valenciennes, 1846) (Barred longtom)
Fistularia tabacaria Linnaeus, 1758 (bluespotted cometfish) A solitary species occurs over grass flats and reefs, and on hard and rocky bottoms . Feeds on fishes, small crustaceans or invertebrates.
Synodus intermedius (Spix & Agassiz, 1829) (Lizardfish) Found on the sandy bottom around boulders or in sandy corridors in patch reefs . Uncommon near the shore.
Sparisoma viride (Bonnaterre, 1788) (Dark green parrotfish) Inhabits coral reefs with clear water . Young may be found in seagrass beds and other heavily vegetated bottoms. Feeds mainly on soft algae, but has been observed to graze on live corals like, Montastraea annularis . Pr...
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Sparisoma rubripinne (Valenciennes, 1840) (Redfin parrot) Inhabits coral reefs and seagrass beds. Juveniles or primary-phase fish can rapidly assume a mottled pattern as it comes to rest on the bottom. Spawning is usually a group activity in similarly colored males and females . Feeds on benthic algae and seagrasses . A protogynous hermaphrodite .

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