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  • Nº39 # Date: 2011-07-15 - 09:16
  • # Max Depth: 25.6m Duration: 30mins
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Beautiful dive but awkward experience (high fever, shaky sea...). First time with a new camera setup, took some time to find the right settings and start getting a few decent shoots ! I used up a lot of air, probably due to high fever... Visibility 10m

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  • Dive type : Recreational, Photo
  • Visibility: Good Water: Salt
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  • Planet Scuba (koh Samui) confirmed the dive with parameters: 25.6m / 30mins
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Amphiprion frenatus Brevoort, 1856 (oneband anemonefish) Found in lagoon reefs and embayment. Monogamous , protandrous hermaphrodite . Associated with the anemone Entacmaea quadricolor . Has been reared in captivity .
Sphyraena barracuda (Edwards, 1771) (Alho)
Heniochus monoceros Cuvier, 1831 (Masked bannerfish) Occur in lagoon and seaward reefs with rich coral growth. Juveniles solitary; adults are often paired and occasionally found hovering side by side under tabular corals . Feed on bottom living animals , e.g. invertebrates...
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Carangoides (island jacks)
Holocentrus adscensionis (Osbeck, 1765) (Squirrelfish) Occurs in shallow coral reefs, as well as deeper offshore waters . A nocturnal species, hiding in deep crevices or under coral ledges during the day; at night it usually moves over sand and grass beds, taking mainly crabs...
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Pomacanthus imperator (Bloch, 1787) (Angel fish) Juveniles are encountered under ledges, or in holes of outer lagoon patch reefs or semi-protected areas of exposed channels and outer reef flats. Subadults move to reef front holes and surge channels. Large adults inhabi...
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Epinephelus lanceolatus (Bloch, 1790) (Giant grouper) The largest bony fish found in coral reefs . Common in shallow waters. Found in caves or wrecks; also in estuaries. Individuals more than a meter long have been caught from shore and in harbors. Juveniles secretive in ...
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Scorpaenopsis gibbosa (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) (Humpback scorpionfish) Usually found immobile at the bottom camouflaged among rocks and coral. Hunts by ambushing prey . Unlike most scorpaenids, the sting from the dorsal spines of this species can be painful but does not pose any real danger to the victim . Sold fresh in small quantities in markets.
Xanthichthys mento (Jordan and Gilbert, 1882) (Blue-throat trigger)

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