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  • Nº8 # Date: 2012-04-30 - 00:56
  • # Max Depth: 18.6m Duration: 56mins
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Sheraton Cave, Poipu HI. Green sea turtles, frog fish, banded angelfish.

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  • Dive type : Recreational, Reef, Photo
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Chaetodon quadrimaculatus Gray, 1831 (Four-spot butterfly) Found almost exclusively on exposed seaward reefs . Benthopelagic . Feed mainly on polyps of Pocillopora. Solitary or in pairs. Oviparous , monogamous . Form pairs during breeding .
Zanclus cornutus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Moorish idol)
Lutjanus kasmira (Forsskål, 1775) (bluebanded sea perch)
Chaetodon multicinctus Garrett, 1863 (Pebbled butterfly) Benthopelagic over reefs and rocks . Feed mainly on coral polyps, also polychaete worms and small shrimps. Usually seen in pairs. Oviparous . Form pairs during breeding .
Apolemichthys arcuatus (Gray, 1831) (bandit angelfish) Common on rocky reefs, in ledges and caves; also in coral areas . Benthopelagic . Submarine observations to 183 m . Feeds mainly on sponges ; stomach content of some specimens also had algae, traces of hydroids and unidentified eggs. Minimum depth from Ref. 47838.
Thalassoma duperrey (Quoy and Gaimard, 1824) (Saddle-back wrasse) Occur in clear lagoon and seaward reefs . Benthopelagic over coral, rock and rubble . Feed mainly on benthic animals. Juveniles and adults sometimes act as cleaners . Spawning occur either in aggregations by fish in th...
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Labroides phthirophagus Randall, 1958 (Hawaiian cleaner wrasse) Found in most coral reef habitats except in the surge zone . Benthopelagic . Obligate cleaner , picks parasitic crustaceans from other fishes. Monogamous . Swims with a dancing-flitting motion. It spends the night resting in a balloon-like mucous cocoon.
Chelonia mydas Linnaeus 1758 (Green Turtle) Green turtles are long-lived and may take up to 59 years to reach sexual maturity Undertaking tremendous feats of navigation, adults return to the same beach to breed each season, part of the population in Brazil astonish...
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