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  • Nº5 # Date: 2013-06-30 - 09:05
  • # Max Depth: 18.3m Duration: 38mins
Diver's Notes

First dive as a certified diver! This was an easy dive to get used to being back in the water again. There were a lot of huge barrel sponges which I didn't see in Belize. Saw a sting ray, purple shrimps (Pederson Cleaning Shrimp), several groupers, dog face puffers, and an unknwn fish that blended into the ocean floor (lizardfish).

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  • Dive type : Recreational, Reef, Photo
  • Visibility: Excellent Water: Salt
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  • Weights: 4.5 kg
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  • Dive buddies: Kevin Rapine, Justin Jantes, Joe_kickass
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Species Identified

Neotrygon kuhlii (Müller & Henle, 1841) (Spotted stingray) A solitary species found on sandy bottoms near rocky or coral reefs . Usually found in deeper water but moves onto the reef flat and into shallow lagoons at high tide . Occasionally covers itself with sand, leaving only ...
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Periclimenes pedersoni (Pederson cleaner shrimp)
Canthigaster rostrata (Bloch, 1786) (sharpnose puffer) Inhabits reefs and marginal habitats such as seagrass beds . Diet consists of seagrass, sponges, crabs and other crustaceans, mollusks, polychaete worms, sea urchins, starfishes, hydroids and algae . Monogamous .
Synodus variegatus (Lacepède, 1803) (Variegated lizardfish) Inhabits deep lagoon and seaward reefs to depths over 40 m ; sometimes found on sandy bottoms concealing itself in the sand. Prefers to rest on hard surfaces and frequently occurs in pairs . Benthic . Feeds on small fis...
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Xestospongia testudinaria (Lamarck, 1815) (barrel sponge)

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