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  • Nº57 # Date: 2012-06-19 - 11:10
  • # Max Depth: 11.5m Duration: 64mins
Diver's Notes

Shallow dive with loads of sea life. The journey started with a playful eel that started dancing for us around its rock - beautiful spectacle.
Huge grouper plenty baby fish all over the place, one nice sea star found under a rock

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  • Dive type : Recreational
  • Visibility: Good Water: Salt
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  • Computer: Mares - Nemo Excel
  • Weights: 4 kg
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  • Gri Gri Divers confirmed the dive with parameters: 11.5m / 64mins
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  • 1. Air
  • 12L Aluminium     190 → 40 bar
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  • Average depth: 8.6m
  • SAC: 1.26 bar/min
  • RMV: 15.12 L/min
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Species Identified

Echidna catenata (Bloch, 1795) (Chained moray) A benthic and solitary species found commonly on reefs and rocky shore areas. Feeds on small fishes and crustaceans . At Fernando de Noronha Archipelago, offNE Brazil, forages for sally lightfoot crabs on exposed reefs...
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Panulirus argus (Latreille, 1804) (Caribbean spiny lobster)
Carangoides ruber (Bloch, 1793) (Bar jack) Common in clear insular areas or in coral reefs off mainland coasts . Juveniles frequent areas with algae . Usually in schools which may be spawning groups; occasionally solitary. Feeds on fishes, shrimps and other in...
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Sargocentron coruscum (Poey, 1860) (reef squirrelfish) Inhabit sandy, rocky and coral bottoms . More common on seaward reefs than on protected reefs. Retreat into recesses when alarmed . Nocturnal . Secretive, found deep in crevices between branches of live corals . Oviparous, with planktonic eggs and larvae .
Sparisoma viride (Bonnaterre, 1788) (Dark green parrotfish) Inhabits coral reefs with clear water . Young may be found in seagrass beds and other heavily vegetated bottoms. Feeds mainly on soft algae, but has been observed to graze on live corals like, Montastraea annularis . Pr...
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Aulostomus maculatus Valenciennes, 1841 (Caribbean trumpetfish) Commonly found in weedy areas and especially around reefs, where they usually swim snout-down among sea whips . A solitary ambusher of small fishes and crustaceans that lurk among branching coral or gorgonians. Often swi...
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Epinephelus striatus (Bloch, 1792) (Nassau grouper) Adults are generally solitary, with the exception of spawning events when hundreds to thousands of individuals were known to group together. In the southern extent of the grouper's range, these awesome aggregations occurre...
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Pterois volitans (Linnaeus, 1758) (Red lionfish)
Chaetodon striatus Linnaeus, 1758 (Butterbun) Inhabit coral reefs. Occur singly or in pairs. Feed on polychaete worms, coral polyps, crustaceans and mollusk eggs. Oviparous , monogamous . Form pairs during breeding . Adults may form plankton-feeding aggregations ...
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Chaetodon capistratus Linnaeus, 1758 (Butterbun) Inhabit shallow reefs and generally occurs singly or in pairs. Feed mainly on zoantharians, polychaete worms, gorgonians and tunicates. Easily approached . Oviparous . Form pairs during breeding .
Ophiomyxa flaccida (Say, 1825) (slimy brittle star)

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