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  • Nº47 # Date: 2013-11-24 - 11:16
  • # Max Depth: 12m Duration: 60mins
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Anchored at "Channels" site. Dove east through shallow kelp forrest.

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  • Temp: Surf 15°C Bottom 8°C
  • Dive type : Recreational
  • Visibility: Good Water: Salt
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Species Identified

Phoca vitulina Linnaeus, 1758 (harbor seal) Harbour seals are good swimmers. The pinipeds serve as rudder. The body and back pinnipeds cause propulsion. The seal is highly adapted to speed with its torpedo-like body and pinna. Observations made from ships revealed t...
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Girella nigricans (Ayres, 1860) (opaleye)
Paralabrax clathratus (Girard, 1854) (Bass)
Citharichthys stigmaeus Jordan and Gilbert, 1882 (sandab)
Oxyjulis californica (Günther, 1861) (senorita) Live in kelp and other seaweeds and over rocks. Found usually at depths shallower than 23 m but also caught at depths up to 73 m. Often form small groups, frequently well off bottom. When disturbed often burrows in bott...
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Macrocystis pyrifera (Linnaeus) C. Agardh (giant kelp)
Paracentrotus lividus (Purple sea urchin)
Paralabrax maculatofasciatus (Steindachner, 1868) (Sand-bass) Usually found on sand or mud bottom near rocks and eelgrass, from the coast to a depth of 60 m. A secretive species, it feeds on small fishes and benthic crustaceans during the day . Capable of tolerating ample fluctuati...
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Hypsypops rubicundus (Girard, 1854) (Damselfish)
Hermosilla azurea Jenkins and Evermann, 1889 (Zebra- perch sea chub)
Semicossyphus pulcher (Ayres, 1854) (California sheephead)
Palinurus elephas (Fabricius, 1787) (common spiny lobster)

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