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  • Nº19 # Date: 2014-02-24 - 10:37
  • # Max Depth: 10m Duration: 67mins
Diver's Notes

Fun Dive 10 (drift)

Columbia Shallows

- Long shallow drift dive
- Saw barracuda, spotted drum, Cozumel splendid toadfish, yellow sting rays, ocean triggerfish, pufferfish, midnight damsel, smooth trunkfish, spotted trunkfish, black durgeon.
- Huge schools of fish everywhere.
- Relaxing dive.

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  • Surface interval:67 mins
  • Temp: Surf 27°C Bottom 27°C
  • Dive type : Recreational, Drift, Reef
  • Visibility: Good Water: Salt
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  • Weights: 3.6 kg
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Species Identified

Lactophrys bicaudalis (Linnaeus, 1758) (Trunkfish) Found in clear water around coral reefs. Sometimes under ledges and near small holes . Feeds on a variety of small bottom invertebrates such as mollusks, crustaceans, starfishes, sea urchins, sea cucumbers, sessile tunic...
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Acanthostracion polygonius Poey, 1876 (honeycomb cowfish) Occurs in clear water around coral reefs. Feeds on sponges, alcyonarians, tunicates, and shrimp. Uncommon and wary . Consumed fresh, generally roasted .
Dasyatis americana Hildebrand and Schroeder, 1928 (stingaree) The southern stingray is an active swimmer that feeds primarily at night, on a diet of invertebrates and small fishes. They feeding by flapping their wing-like pectoral fins to disturb the sand, and expose their prey . T...
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Sphyraena barracuda (Edwards, 1771) (Alho)
Opsanus pardus (Goode and Bean, 1880) (leopard toadfish) Inhabits offshore water on deeper rocky reefs.
Chromis atrilobata Gill, 1862 (Damselfish)
Lagocephalus lagocephalus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Oceanic puffer)
Canthidermis maculata (Bloch, 1786) (Spotted oceanic triggerfish)
Canthidermis sufflamen (Mitchill, 1815) (Filefish) Common near drop-offs of seaward reefs . Occasionally in shallow water. Solitary or in small groups in open water. Often associated with Sargassum . Feeds mainly on large zooplankton. Minimum depth reported from Ref. 13121.
Melichthys niger (Bloch, 1786) (Black triggerfish)

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