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  • Nº8 # Date: 2017-10-13 - 11:30
  • # Max Depth: 18.8m Duration: 32mins
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  • Temp: Bottom 26°C
  • Dive type : Recreational, Photo
  • Visibility: Excellent Water: Salt
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  • Weights: 10 kg
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Scarus psittacus Forsskål, 1775 (Common parrotfish) Inhabit reef flats and lagoon and seaward reefs to at least 25 m depth . Found over corals . Benthopelagic . Initial-phase fish stage usually form small feeding schools . Graze on benthic algae . Secrete a mucus cocoon .
Chlorurus microrhinos (Bleeker, 1854) (Blunt-head parrotfish) Occurs in lagoon and seaward reefs. Juveniles generally solitary; large adults often school together.
Labroides dimidiatus (Valenciennes, 1839) (Bluestreak cleaner wrasse) Inhabits coral rich areas of inner lagoons and subtidal reef flats to seaward reefs . Feeds on crustacean ectoparasites and mucus of other fishes . Monogamous . A protogynous hermaphrodite . Stays in stations where oth...
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Pterois volitans (Linnaeus, 1758) (Red lionfish)
Gymnothorax buroensis (Bleeker, 1857) (Vagrant moray)
Abudefduf sexfasciatus (Lacepède, 1801) (Natal sergeant) Inhabits inshore and offshore coral or rocky reefs. Also in shallow coastal reef flats or crests, usually where lots of tall soft corals or hydroid colonies are present . Feeds on zooplankton and algae and aggregates high in the water column .
Taeniura lymma (Forsskål, 1775) (Bluespotted ribbontail ray) Blue-spotted stingrays live alone or in small groups , migrating in large schools into shallow sandy areas on the rising tide in order to feed, and dispersing back into the ocean as the tide falls to shelter in the coral c...
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