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  • Nº760 # Date: 2013-02-04 - 10:32
  • # Max Depth: 10m Duration: 52mins
Dive Profile
Dive Location
  • Temp: Bottom 16°C
  • Dive type : Recreational, Photo
  • Visibility: Good Water: Salt
Specific gear used
  • Wet suit: Mares - semi dry
  • Weights: 8 kg
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Dive Profile

  • 1. Air
  • 15L Steel     200 → 130 bar
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  • Average depth: 6.7m
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Species Identified

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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Scorpaena neglecta Temminck & Schlegel, 1843 (scorpionfish) Found on the continental shelf.
Thalassoma pavo (Linnaeus, 1758) (Ornate wrasse) Inhabits coastal waters near rocks and eel-grass beds. Usually solitary, sometimes in small groups. Feeds on small mollusks and crustaceans . Protogynous hermaphrodite, with distinct sexual dichromatism . Eggs are pelagic .
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.

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