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  • Nº28 # Date: 2014-02-28 - 15:24
  • # Max Depth: 10.7m Duration: 72mins
Diver's Notes

Fun Dive 19 (drift)

- Very little current.
- Saw barracuda, bright spotted moray eels, sleeping green moray eel, ocean triggerfish in a frenzy, scorpionfish and a big southern stingray.
- Amazing dive, super relaxing and so slow. I moved so seldom that my lips turned blue near the end from coldness and lacking circulation. AWESOME!

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  • Surface interval:27 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

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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Sphyraena barracuda (Edwards, 1771) (Alho)
Sphyraena sphyraena (Linnaeus, 1758) (Mediterranean barracuda) Found in coastal and offshore waters . Feeds mostly on fish, less often on cephalopods and crustaceans .
Stephanolepis hispidus (Linnaeus, 1766) (Common filefish) Found on sand or mud bottoms. Associated with Sargassum . Adults feed on benthic invertebrates . Edible but generally rejected by fishers .
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)
Canthidermis maculata (Bloch, 1786) (Spotted oceanic triggerfish)
Gymnothorax moringa (Cuvier, 1829) (Common conger) A benthic and solitary species abundant in shallow rocky and grassy areas and on coral reefs; less common in turbid bays or harbors. Its bite is very dangerous . Active during the day, sometimes together with other pred...
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Gymnothorax funebris Ranzani, 1839 (Green cong) A benthic and solitary species occurring along rocky shorelines, reefs, and mangroves .Usually found shallower than 30 m . Due to its large size and aggressiveness, the bites of this moray are particularly dangerous . F...
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Setarches guentheri Johnson, 1862 (Channeled rockfish) Found on soft bottom, at a bottom temperature range of about 5.5°-12.5°C and usually at a depth of about 400 m. They live on or near the bottom but feed in the water column . Specimens usually brought to the surface with...
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