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  • Nº22 # Date: 2014-02-25 - 10:54
  • # Max Depth: 18m Duration: 60mins
Diver's Notes

Fun Dive 13 (drift)

This was our favourite dive site in Cozumel.

- Fast drift across a flat bed, like flying!
- Saw many turtles eating, barracuda, big rainbow parrotfish, big southern stingray, bluehead wrasse, french angelfish, schools of butterflyfish, ocean triggerfish.
- Great light from above.

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

Caretta caretta Linnaeus 1758 (Loggerhead Turtle) Adults are primarily carnivorous, using their powerful jaws to crack open crustaceans such as crabs and even seemingly impenetrable molluscs such as the queen conch (Strombus gigas) and giant clam (Tridacna s...
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Chelonia mydas Linnaeus 1758 (Green Turtle) Green turtles are long-lived and may take up to 59 years to reach sexual maturity Undertaking tremendous feats of navigation, adults return to the same beach to breed each season, part of the population in Brazil astonish...
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Sphyraena barracuda (Edwards, 1771) (Alho)
Scarus vetula Bloch and Schneider, 1801 (Blownose) Inhabits coral reefs and adjacent habitats. Feeds on algae scraped from rocks or dead coral. Sleeps in a mucus cocoon . Often seen in groups of one super male with several young adults, most of which are probably females . A protogynous hermaphrodite .
Pomacanthus paru (Bloch, 1787) (French angelfish) Common in shallow reefs. Usually in pairs, often near sea fans . Feed on sponges, algae, bryozoans, zoantharians, gorgonians and tunicates . Oviparous , monogamous . Spawning pairs are strongly territorial, with usuall...
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Holacanthus ciliaris (Linnaeus, 1758) (queen angelfish) Found on coral reefs. Generally occurs solitarily or in pairs. Moves gracefully between seafans, seawhips, and corals . Stomach contents of 26 specimens indicate that the species feeds almost exclusively on sponges supp...
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Canthidermis maculata (Bloch, 1786) (Spotted oceanic triggerfish)
Melichthys niger (Bloch, 1786) (Black 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.
Thalassoma bifasciatum (Bloch, 1791) (Blue head) Inhabits reef areas, inshore bays and seagrass beds. Feeds mainly on zooplankton and small benthic animals, but may also feed on ectoparasites of other fishes . Spawn at midday throughout the year . A protogynous hermap...
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Halichoeres maculipinna (Müller & Troschel, 1848) (Slippery okra) Abundant on reef tops and in shallow rocky areas. Found to depths of at least 25 m . Also found in Sargassum beds . Solitary and wary and can be difficult to approach . The tricolored pattern of the initial phase is si...
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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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Dasyatis sabina (Lesueur, 1824) (Atlantic stingray)
Chaetodon capistratus Linnaeus, 1758 (Butterbun) Inhabit shallow reefs and generally occurs singly or in pairs. Feed mainly on zoantharians, polychaete worms, gorgonians and tunicates. Easily approached . Oviparous . Form pairs during breeding .

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