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  • Nº11 # Date: 2012-06-19 - 10:34
  • # Max Depth: 14m Duration: 30mins
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  • Temp: Surf 28°C Bottom 28°C
  • Dive type : Training
  • Visibility: Average Water: Salt
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  • Weights: 5 kg
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  • 12L Steel     200 → 100 bar
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  • Average depth: 9.3m
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Dendrochirus brachypterus (Cuvier, 1829) (Shortfin turkeyfish) Common in reef flats and shallow lagoons, in areas with weed-covered rocks on sandy substrates. Adults often found on sponges and juveniles are sometimes found in small aggregations on remote bommies with 10 or so individuals . Nocturnal. Feeds on small crustaceans .
Scorpaenodes guamensis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) (Guam scorpionfish) Found in rock crevices in reef flats, shallow lagoons, and channels. Feeds mainly at night on small shrimps, crabs, and polychaetes. Anterolateral glandular groove with venom gland .
Pterois radiata Cuvier, 1829 (Radial firefish) A generally uncommon species that inhabits lagoon and seaward reefs . Prefers rocky reefs and seems to avoid stony corals. Coastal, sometimes in surge zones where in narrow crevices, or along rock-walls in small caves . ...
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Scorpaenopsis diabolus (Cuvier, 1829) (False stonefish) Relatively an uncommon inhabitant of rubble or weedy coralline-rock bottoms of reef flats and lagoon and seaward reefs . Benthic . Flashes its inner pectoral fins when disturbed . Can inflict a painful injury with its venomous dorsal sting. Often partly buried .
Leptastrea purpurea (Dana, 1846) (Crust coral) zooxanthellate
Favia stelligera (Dana, 1846) (Knob coral) zooxanthellate

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