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  • Nº21 # Date: 2012-05-15 - 10:12
  • # Max Depth: 24m Duration: 41mins
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Dive with my dad and my sister. In Madeira for my brother's wedding.

Spotted Esmerelda; the local Moray Eel.

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  • Temp: Surf 20°C Bottom 19°C
  • Dive type : Recreational
  • Visibility: Good Water: Salt
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  • Computer: Suunto - D4i
  • Weights: 6 kg
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  • 1. Air
  • 12L Steel     190 → 30 bar
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  • Average depth: 16m
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Species Identified

Muraena retifera Goode and Bean, 1882 (Moray eel) Known only from moderate depths along outer continental shelf.
Arbacia lixula (black urchin)
Epinephelus aeneus (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1817) (Grouper) Adults are found on rocky or mud-sand bottom; juveniles have been taken in coastal lagoons and estuaries. In the west African waters, diet comprise of fishes (58%), stomatopods (21%), crabs (10%), and cephalopods (10%). ...
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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 .
Arothron stellatus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) (Blackspotted puffer) Relatively uncommon in patch reefs and coral slopes near sandy areas of clear lagoon and seaward reefs. Juveniles occur in sandy and weedy inner reefs, adults on clear lagoons and seaward reefs . Juveniles inshore, usual...
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Pomacanthus xanthometopon (Bleeker, 1853) (Yellowface angelfish) Found in coral rich areas of lagoons, channels, and outer reef slopes. Often near caves . Juveniles settle in very shallow inshore caves with algae growth . Usually solitary. Feeds on sponges and other encrusting organ...
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