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  • Nº91 # Date: 2013-12-05 - 09:51
  • # Max Depth: 26.7m Duration: 57mins
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  • Temp: Surf 27°C Bottom 24°C
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  • 1. Air
  • 0L Steel     200 → 50 bar
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  • Average depth: 12.5m
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Species Identified

Sparisoma cretense (Linnaeus, 1758) (parrotfish) In shallow water along rocky shores. Feed on algae and small invertebrates . Herbivore species with specialized pharyngeal bones and muscles . Breeding occurs from July to September, with juveniles recruiting in late summer in Portugal .
Gymnothorax flavimarginatus (Rüppell, 1830) (Yellow-edged moray)
Echidna nocturna (Cope, 1872) (Moray)
Hemitaurichthys polylepis (Bleeker, 1857) (Pyramid butterflyfish) Occur in large schools that may extend several meters above the edges of steep current-swept outer reef slopes. Common . Benthopelagic . Feed on plankton . Oviparous . Form pairs during breeding .
Chaetodon interruptus Ahl, 1923 (Yellow teardrop butterflyfish) Habitat ranges from coral reef flats to deep slopes . Adults usually in pairs, sometimes forming small groups . Oviparous . Form pairs during breeding .
Chaetodon auriga Forsskål, 1775 (Cross-stripe butterfly)
Chaetodon quadrimaculatus Gray, 1831 (Four-spot butterfly) Found almost exclusively on exposed seaward reefs . Benthopelagic . Feed mainly on polyps of Pocillopora. Solitary or in pairs. Oviparous , monogamous . Form pairs during breeding .
Chaetodon unimaculatus Bloch, 1787 (Teardrop butterflyfish)

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