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  • Nº13 # Date: 2012-08-05 - 09:45
  • # Max Depth: 18.4m Duration: 50mins
Diver's Notes

lots of swim throughs..
aggressive trigger fish
seems like the porcupine fish in my sketch is wrongly named.

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  • Temp: Bottom 28°C
  • Dive type : Recreational
  • Visibility: Bad Water: Salt
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  • Weights: 3 kg
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Abalistes stellatus ([Lacepède, 1798]) (Starry triggerfish) Inhabits mud and silt sand bottoms . Adults on deep coastal slopes and usually seen swimming high above the bottom, sometimes found in estuaries. Juveniles in sheltered coastal bays and estuaries with outcrops of rubble or debris on open substrates .
Platax teira (Forsskål, 1775) (Tiera batfish) Large adults live in sheltered bays as well as deep offshore. Commonly found around shipwrecks in small groups and occasionally forms large schools. Small juveniles with floating debris and form aggregations as they find ...
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Amphiprion polymnus (Linnaeus, 1758) (yellowfinned anemonefish) Inhabits silty lagoons and harbors. Monogamous . A protandrous hermaphrodite . Associated with the anemones: Heteractis crispa and Stichodactyla haddoni . Has been reared in captivity .
Amphiprion akallopisos Bleeker, 1853 (skunk-stripe anemonefish) Found in shallow inshore reef habitats, often in strong current zones to about 15 m depth . Are protandrous hermaphrodites . Each pair is monogamous . Each anemone with a large female, a smaller functional male and seve...
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Amphiprion frenatus Brevoort, 1856 (oneband anemonefish) Found in lagoon reefs and embayment. Monogamous , protandrous hermaphrodite . Associated with the anemone Entacmaea quadricolor . Has been reared in captivity .
Amphiprion sandaracinos Allen, 1972 (Golden anemonefish) Occurs in lagoon and outer reefs. Occurs in pairs and small groups . Monogamous . A protandrous hermaphrodite . Associated with the anemones: Heteractis crispa and Stichodactyla mertensii . Has been reared in captivity .
Strongylura incisa (Valenciennes, 1846) (Reef needlefish) Occurs over both lagoon and seaward reefs. Oviparous . Eggs may be found attached to objects in the water by tendrils on the egg's surface .
Parachaetodon ocellatus (Cuvier, 1831) (Sixspine butterflyfish) Occur in pairs on flat sand or silty bottoms on coastal reefs. Adults school in large numbers over open muddy substrates in deep water. Juveniles sometimes in large lagoons with seagrasses in depths of about 5 m or more . Oviparous . Form pairs during breeding .
Chelmon rostratus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Copperband butterflyfish) A common species found singly and in pairs along rocky shores and coral reefs; also in estuaries and silty inner reefs . Territorial species . Oviparous , monogamous . Forms pairs during breeding .

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