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  • Nº3 # Date: 2012-02-04 - 14:55
  • # Max Depth: 6.4m Duration: 32mins
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  • Temp: Bottom 23°C
  • Visibility: Average Water: Salt
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  • 1. Air
  • 11L Aluminium
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  • Average depth: 3.7m
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Species Identified

Pomacanthus paru (Bloch, 1787) (French angelfish) Common in shallow reefs. Usually in pairs, often near sea fans . Feed on sponges, algae, bryozoans, zoantharians, gorgonians and tunicates . Oviparous , monogamous . Spawning pairs are strongly territorial, with usuall...
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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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Sparisoma axillare (Steindachner, 1878) (Gray parrotfish) Occurs in oceanic islands, dwelling in coral, algal and rocky reefs and on algal beds .
Acanthurus monroviae Steindachner, 1876 (Monrovia doctorfish) Coastal species found in the mouth of rivers and lagoons . Found on rocky and coral bottoms . Feeds on zooplankton, phytoplankton and detritus . Minimum depth reported from Ref. 27115.
Stenorhynchus
Sphenopidae
Echinoidea (heart urchins)
Ophiurida (basket stars)
Hippocampus reidi Ginsburg, 1933 (Slender sea horse) Uncommon in most areas, but may be locally common in certain places. Usually attached to gorgonians or seagrasses but may occur in floating Sargassum or swimming freely in midwater . Ovoviviparous . The male carries the...
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Leptogorgia puniacea (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857) (sea whip)
Caulerpa racemosa (Forsskål) J. Agardh (Kubirezuta)
Demospongiae (Demospongi)

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