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  • Nº30 # Date: 2014-07-02 - 01:50
  • # Max Depth: 22.9m Duration: 60mins
Diver's Notes

The reef structure wasn't that impressive but we saw a lot of life: a lettuce sea slug; a squirrel fish with a mysid shrimp on it; blennies; a pipehorse; and schools of grunts chubs, and schoolmasters. Also saw some porgies, mutton snappers, and a lot of parrot fish. A great dive for the variety of life!

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Dive Location

  • Temp: Surf 40°C Bottom 28°C
  • Dive type : Recreational, Reef, Photo
  • Visibility: Excellent Water: Salt
Specific gear used
  • BCD: Oceanic - Hera
  • Computer: Oceanic - Pro Plus 2.1
  • Regulator: Oceanic - Delta 4
  • Weights: 3.6 kg
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Dive Profile

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  • 0L Steel     200 → 50 bar
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  • 0L Steel     200 → 50 bar
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  • 0L Steel     200 → 50 bar
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  • Average depth: 14.2m
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Species Identified

Dendronotus frondosus (Ascanius, 1774) (frond-aeolis)
Coryphoblennius galerita (Linnaeus, 1758) (montagu's blenny)
Acentronura dendritica (Barbour, 1905) (prehensile-tailed pipefish) One specimen collected on rubble bottom . Ovoviviparous . The male carries the eggs in a brood pouch which is found under the tail .
Haemulon sciurus (Shaw, 1803) (Blue striped grunt) Found in small groups over coral and rocky reefs and drop-offs . Juveniles are abundant in Thalassia beds . Feeds on crustaceans, bivalves, and occasionally on small fishes. Marketed fresh.
Sectator ocyurus (Jordan and Gilbert, 1882) (Bluestriped sea chub)
Lutjanus apodus (Walbaum, 1792) (Dogtooth snapper) Occurs in shallow, clear, warm, coastal waters over coral reefs. Often near the shelter of elkhorn corals and gorgonians . Juveniles are encountered over sand bottoms with or without seagrass , and over muddy bottoms of ...
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Calamus pennatula Guichenot, 1868 (Pluma porgy) Adults often seen over rocky areas or reefs, but also on flat bottoms to about 85 m depth, while the young inhabit shallower waters . Feeds on crabs, mollusks, worms, brittle stars and hermit crabs . This is the most common species of the genus in the Antilles . Important food fish .
Lutjanus guttatus (Steindachner, 1869) (mutton snapper)
Scarus psittacus Forsskål, 1775 (Common parrotfish) Inhabit reef flats and lagoon and seaward reefs to at least 25 m depth . Found over corals . Benthopelagic . Initial-phase fish stage usually form small feeding schools . Graze on benthic algae . Secrete a mucus cocoon .

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