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  • Nº769 # Date: 2013-02-23 - 13:29
  • # Max Depth: 7.3m 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
  • Wet suit: Mares - semi dry
  • Weights: 12 kg
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Dive Profile

  • 1. Air
  • 15L Steel     200 → 130 bar
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  • Average depth: 4.9m
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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.
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 .
Sargocentron rubrum (Forsskål, 1775) (Redcoat) Found in coastal reefs ; silty reefs or wrecks in lagoons, bays, or harbors , may occur in aggregations; also found hidden in caves and cracks of rocks during the day , usually in areas subject to strong currents . Feed m...
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Serranus scriba (Linnaeus, 1758) (Painted comber) Found on rocky bottom and on Posidonia beds. Feed on fishes and crustaceans.
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 .
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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Sphyraena sphyraena (Linnaeus, 1758) (Mediterranean barracuda) Found in coastal and offshore waters . Feeds mostly on fish, less often on cephalopods and crustaceans .
Epinephelus aeneus (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1817) (Grouper) Adults are found on rocky or mud-sand bottom; juveniles have been taken in coastal lagoons and estuaries. In the west African waters, diet comprise of fishes (58%), stomatopods (21%), crabs (10%), and cephalopods (10%). ...
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Upeneus tragula Richardson, 1846 (Freckled goatfish) Found over sand and mud bottoms near coral reefs . Known to enter lower reaches of rivers. Generally solitary , but forms small to moderately large aggregations at all sizes . Minimum depth from Ref. 3470.

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