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  • # Date: 2010-06-19 - 08:00
  • # Max Depth: 15.3m Duration: 45mins
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Off the coast of Lana'i

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Coris flavovittata (Bennett, 1828) (Yellowstripe coris) Inhabits reefs with sand and rubble areas . Benthopelagic . Feeds on sea urchins, heart urchins, bivalves, gastropods, brittle stars, crabs, hermit crabs and polychaetes. Protogynous . Eaten raw, dried and salted, baked or broiled .
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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Fungia (mushroom corals) Fungia corals can reproduce sexually or asexually . During sexual reproduction, eggs and sperm are released into the water where the egg is fertilised and develops into larvae . Within a fortnight, the larvae will...
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Coris pictoides Randall and Kuiter, 1982 (Blackstripe coris) Common around small coral heads in silty sand-rubble areas. Generally found at depths of more than 20 m . Occurs in small groups on sandy or muddy substrates along reef margins or on soft bottom. Enters shallow estuaries as well .
Ostracion meleagris Shaw, 1796 (pahu)
Novaculichthys taeniourus (Lacepède, 1801) (Rockmover wrasse)
Nudibranchia (nudibranchs)
Acanthaster planci (Linnaeus, 1758) (crown-of-thorns starfish)
Actiniaria (sea anemones)

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