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  • Nº768 # Date: 2013-02-23 - 11:48
  • # Max Depth: 10.1m Duration: 49mins
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  • Temp: Bottom 16°C
  • Dive type : Recreational, Photo
  • Visibility: Good Water: Salt
Specific gear used
  • BCD: A.P.Valves - buddy commando
  • Computer: Suunto - vytec
  • Dry suit: aquatek -
  • Fins: Mares - avanti x3
  • Mask: Scubapro -
  • Other: fourth element - Halo 3D undersuit
  • Regulator: Apeks - tx 40
  • Weights: 12 kg
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Dive Profile

  • 1. Air
  • 12L Steel     200 → 110 bar
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  • Average depth: 6.7m
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Species Identified

Lithognathus mormyrus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Striped seabream) Found on the shelf, over sandy and muddy bottoms as well as seagrass-beds and estuaries. Gregarious, sometimes forming sizeable schools. Feeds on worms, mollusks and small crustaceans. Protandric hermaphrodite . Flesh excellent ; sold fresh and dried.
Scorpaena notata Rafinesque, 1810 (Small red scorpionfish) Common in rocky littoral habitats. Feeds on crustaceans and small fishes . Flesh is tasty and used in making 'bouillabaisse' .
Sphyraena sphyraena (Linnaeus, 1758) (Mediterranean barracuda) Found in coastal and offshore waters . Feeds mostly on fish, less often on cephalopods and crustaceans .
Xyrichtys novacula (Linnaeus, 1758) (Cleaver wrasse) Inhabits clear shallow areas with sandy bottoms, usually in the vicinity of seagrass beds and corals . Feeds mainly on mollusks; also crabs and shrimps . A protogynous hermaphrodite; sexual dimorphism apparent in head sh...
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Symphodus tinca (Linnaeus, 1758) (painted wrasse) Littoral, found near rocks mainly in eel-grass beds, sometimes in salty lagoons. Often gregarious. Nest of seaweed built and kept by male with one or more females spawning. Feed on sea urchins, ophiuroids, bivalves, shrimps and crabs . Rate of growth is slow . Undergoes sex reversal .

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