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  • Nº8 # Date: 2013-04-20 - 10:41
  • # Max Depth: 14.3m Duration: 67mins
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The Wall revisited

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  • Temp: Surf 30°C Bottom 30°C
  • Dive type : Recreational, Reef
  • Visibility: Average Water: Salt
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  • Weights: 3 kg
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  • 1. Air
  • 12L Aluminium     190 → 35 bar
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  • Average depth: 9.5m
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Species Identified

Octopus vulgaris Cuvier, 1797 (common octopus) Like all cephalopods, the common octopus is an intelligent active predator . They have modified salivary glands that produce venom used to incapacitate prey. It is often easy to identify what a common octopus has been feed...
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Synanceia verrucosa Bloch & Schneider, 1801 (Stonefish) Most widespread stonefish . Found on sandy or rubble areas of reef flats and shallow lagoons and in small pools during low tide well camouflaged among the substrate and sometimes even covered with algae . Solitary specie...
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Halichoeres vrolikii (Bleeker, 1855) (Indian Ocean pinstriped wrasse) Found in shallow weedy areas of rocky shorelines, not where there is rich coral growth .
Oxycheilinus rhodochrous (Günther, 1867) (Thick-stripe maori wrasse) Found in coastal to outer reef habitats. Juveniles often in crinoids or soft corals at moderate depths . Probably occurring deeper than normal diving depths .
Arothron stellatus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) (Blackspotted puffer) Relatively uncommon in patch reefs and coral slopes near sandy areas of clear lagoon and seaward reefs. Juveniles occur in sandy and weedy inner reefs, adults on clear lagoons and seaward reefs . Juveniles inshore, usual...
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Tetraodon pustulatus Murray, 1857 (Puffer fish) Juveniles and adults are common in the mainstream river .
Acanthaster planci (Linnaeus, 1758) (crown-of-thorns starfish)
Pterois miles (Bennett, 1828) (Devil firefish) Lives in coastal waters in muddy habitats . Fin spines highly venomous, may cause human death .
Caranx melampygus Cuvier, 1833 (Bayad)
Gnathanodon speciosus (Forsskål, 1775) (Golden trevally) Occur in deep lagoon and seaward reefs where they feed by rooting for crustaceans and other invertebrates in the sand. Also feed on small fishes. Small juveniles live among the tentacles of jellyfish . Form schools. No...
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