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  • Nº10 # Date: 2013-02-24 - 09:25
  • # Max Depth: 15.5m Duration: 44mins
Diver's Notes

Fun Dive #1

- Saw giant moray eel (HUGE!)
- Also saw sea snake, moorish idol, surgeonfish, triggerfish, pacific lionfish (huge), trumpetfish, pufferfish, scorpionfish

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  • Temp: Surf 30°C Bottom 30°C
  • Dive type : Recreational, Reef
  • Visibility: Good Water: Salt
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  • Weights: 3.2 kg
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Gymnothorax javanicus (Bleeker, 1859) (Giant moray)
Laticauda colubrina SCHNEIDER 1799 (Colubrine or yellow-lipped sea krait)
Zanclus cornutus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Moorish idol)
Acanthurus leucosternon Bennett, 1833 (Powderblue surgeonfish) Inhabits shallow, clear coastal and island coral reefs . Usually found on reef flats and along upper seaward slopes . May occur singly or in large feeding aggregations. Monogamous . Feeds on benthic algae; on small, sp...
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Oxycheilinus bimaculatus (Valenciennes, 1840) (Two-spot wrasse) Inhabits outer reef slopes or deep clear lagoons among rubble or clumps of algae; also in seagrass beds . Often in sheltered estuaries and harbors . Benthic and benthopelagic .
Calloplesiops altivelis (Steindachner, 1903) (Comet) Found near reefs, and in caves and crevices along drop-offs . Nocturnal, hides under ledges and in holes by day . It's false eye which is actually the dorsal fin ocellus confuses predators because it poses an inverte...
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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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Pterois antennata (Bloch, 1787) (Broadbarred firefish) Occurs in lagoon and seaward reefs. Hides in crevices under rocks and coral formations during the day and hunts at night. Typically with head towards the safety of their hide-out or narrow passage . Feeds on shrimps and...
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