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  • Nº766 # Date: 2013-02-21 - 13:33
  • # Max Depth: 9.7m Duration: 66mins
Dive Profile
Dive Location
  • Temp: Bottom 16°C
  • Dive type : Recreational, Photo
  • Visibility: Good Water: Salt
Specific gear used
  • BCD: A.P.Valves - buddy commando
  • Computer: Suunto - vytec
  • Fins: Mares - avanti x3
  • Mask: Scubapro -
  • Regulator: Apeks - tx 40
  • Wet suit: Mares - semi dry
  • Weights: 10 kg
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Dive Profile

  • 1. Air
  • 15L Steel     200 → 110 bar
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  • Average depth: 6.5m
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Species Identified

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 .
Scorpaena neglecta Temminck & Schlegel, 1843 (scorpionfish) Found on the continental shelf.
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 .
Serranus scriba (Linnaeus, 1758) (Painted comber) Found on rocky bottom and on Posidonia beds. Feed on fishes and crustaceans.
Diplodus vulgaris (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1817) (Common two-banded seabream) A euryhaline species inhabiting rocky and sometimes sandy bottoms to depths of 160 m, but more commonly in less than 50 m. The young are sometimes found in seagrass beds. Adults feed on crustaceans, worms and mollusks . Important food fish.
Chromis limbaughi Greenfield and Woods, 1980 (Damselfish)
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 .
Flabellina nobilis (A. E. Verrill, 1880)
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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