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  • Nº35 # Date: 2014-07-04 - 10:26
  • # Max Depth: 17m Duration: 56mins
Diver's Notes

A very nice reef dive. We saw a lot of cool things - a chain moray eel, a smooth trunk fish, a white spotted file fish, urchins, file clams, three Caribbean reef squid, sponge brittle stars, a cowrie, etc. A great dive!

Dive Profile
Dive Location

  • Surface interval:44 mins
  • Temp: Surf 30°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 buddies: Justin Jantes, Kevin Rapine, Joe_kickass
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Dive Profile

  • 1. Air
  • 0L Steel     200 → 50 bar
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  • 2. Air
  • 0L Steel     200 → 50 bar
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  • Average depth: m
  • 3. Air
  • 0L Steel     200 → 50 bar
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  • Average depth: 10.2m
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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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Lactophrys triqueter (Trunkfish) Found on coral reefs . Solitary or in small groups . Feeds on a wide variety of small bottom invertebrates such as mollusks, crustaceans, worms, sessile tunicates and sponges exposed by a jet of water ejected through the...
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Cantherhines macrocerus (Hollard, 1853) (chivo) Inhabits coral reefs or rocky bottoms . Found among gorgonians. Occurs in pairs . Feeds mainly on sponges, gorgonians, and algae but also eats hydroids and stinging coral .
Arbacia punctulata (Lamarck, 1816) (purple-spined sea urchin)
Lima lima (Linnaeus, 1758) (spiny file shell)
Sepioteuthis sepioidea (Blainville, 1823) (Caribbean reef squid)
Ophiothrix fragilis (Abildgaard, 1789) (Common Brittle Star) The common brittlestar forms dense aggregations offshore, with as many as 2000 individuals recorded per square meter . When it occurs in the intertidal zone, it is more typically found as single individuals in crevices, un...
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Cypraecassis testiculus (Linnaeus, 1758) (reticulate cowrie-helmet)

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