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  • Nº1 # Date: 2011-12-08 - 12:00
  • # Max Depth: 5.2m Duration: 26mins
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27 lbs
BC Small
Suit Top 5. Bottom 4

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  • Temp: Surf 20°C Bottom 20°C
  • Dive type : Training
  • Visibility: Bad Water: Salt
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  • Weights: 13.6 kg
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Hippocampus kuda Bleeker, 1852 (Sea horse) Perhaps the most unique and unusual feature of seahorse biology is the fact that it is the male and not the female who becomes pregnant. When mature, males develop a pouch on the belly, known as the brood pouch. Breeding t...
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Dasyatis brevicaudata (Hutton, 1875) (Short-tail stingray) Occurs offshore, on the outer shelf and uppermost slope; sometimes close inshore , in very shallow depths . Found on sandy bottoms, in bays, harbors, and near rocky reefs . Often in aggregations . Feeds on fishes, biva...
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Carcharias taurus Rafinesque, 1810 (sand tiger shark) The sand tiger shark is one of the best-studied of the shark species. They are the only sharks known to gulp air at the surface and store it in their stomach to provide buoyancy . These sharks generally mate between Octobe...
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Hippocampus breviceps Peters, 1869 (Short-head seahorse) Inhabits inshore waters . Occurs in small to large aggregations in weed patches attached to rocks on sand, mostly in Sargassum weeds . Ovoviviparous . The male carries the eggs in a brood pouch which is found under the tail .

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