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  • Nº45 # Date: 2015-07-08 - 16:05
  • # Max Depth: 18.1m Duration: 41mins
Diver's Notes

This was a nice dive but the visibility was poor and the current was quite strong. We saw a peacock flounder and a huge midnight parrot fish in the sandy shallows. There was a big cowfish at the top of the reef. We saw our first black durgon of the trip during this dive. There was also a large drum fish and a soapfish. The reef structure was interesting with a large coral pillar we swam around at our turn-around point.

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  • Temp: Surf 33°C Bottom 26°C
  • Dive type : Recreational, Reef, Photo, Shore dive
  • Visibility: Average 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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  • 1. Nitrox 32
  • 0L Steel     200 → 50 bar
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  • Average depth: m
  • 2. Air
  • 0L Steel     200 → 50 bar
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  • 3. Air
  • 0L Steel     200 → 50 bar
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  • Average depth: 9.9m
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Species Identified

Paralichthys tropicus Ginsburg, 1933 (Tropical flounder) Found over muddy and sandy bottoms. Marketed fresh.
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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Acanthostracion quadricornis (Linnaeus, 1758) (Cowfish) Found in shallow water down to about 80 m, mainly in seagrass beds . Feeds on sessile invertebrates such as tunicates, gorgonians and anemones, as well as on slow-moving crustaceans, sponges , hermit crabs and marine plants . Oviparous . Considered an excellent food fish; marketed fresh .
Canthidermis maculata (Bloch, 1786) (Spotted oceanic triggerfish)
Equetus lanceolatus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Jack-knifefish) Inhabits bays and sounds; also deep coral reefs . Juveniles sometimes inshore . Easily approached . Has been reared in captivity . Feeds mainly on small shrimps and crabs, but also on polychaete worms and gastropod mollusks .
Rypticus bistrispinus (Mitchill, 1818) (Soapfish) A solitary species inhabiting sandy bottom strewn with rocks . Rarely observed on reefs . Like other soapfishes, it has special skin glands that produce an irritating, mildly toxic slime .

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