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  • Nº4 # Date: 2013-02-16 - 10:08
  • # Max Depth: 18m Duration: 37mins
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Open Water Dive #4

Paul rode me like a horse using my alternate as a lasso.

Training:

- Mask removal and replace
- The hover

Saw triggerfish, porcupinefish, filefish and bluering angelfish

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  • Surface interval:64 mins
  • Temp: Surf 28°C Bottom 28°C
  • Dive type : Training, Reef
  • Visibility: Good Water: Salt
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  • Weights: 3.2 kg
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Species Identified

Oxymonacanthus longirostris (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) (Harlequin filefish) Occurs in clear lagoon and seaward reefs from 0.5 to at least 30 m. Found in pairs or small groups and nests near bases of dead corals, often on clumps of algae. Monogamous . Feeds exclusively on Acropora polyps. Feeding takes place throughout the day becoming less towards the evening .
Balistapus undulatus (Park, 1797) (Orange-lined triggerfish) Occurs in coral-rich areas of deep lagoon and seaward reefs from the lower surge zone to at least 50 meters, Ref. 48637. Feeds on a variety of benthic organisms such as algae, echinoderms, fishes, mollusks, tunicates, spo...
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Diodon eydouxii Brisout de Barneville, 1846 (Pelagic porcupinefish)
Pomacanthus annularis (Bloch, 1787) (Bluering angelfish) Inhabits coastal reefs to at least 30 m . Adults often found in pairs inside caves . Juveniles settle in very shallow inshore habitats with short filamentous algae growth on rock or dead coral substrates . Feeds on spon...
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