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  • Nº1 # Date: 2012-04-21 - 10:25
  • # Max Depth: 13m Duration: 50mins
Diver's Notes

Unfortunately, we had to retreat after a while as we got surrounded by mauve stingers; spent the rest of the day smelling like vinegar

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  • Temp: Bottom 16°C
  • Dive type : Training, Reef
  • Visibility: Good Water: Salt
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  • Weights: 6 kg
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Species Identified

Pelagia noctiluca (Forskål, 1775) (purplestripped jelly)
Mullus barbatus Linnaeus, 1758 (Mullet)
Cichlasoma bimaculatum (Linnaeus, 1758) (twospotted cichlid) Occurs in canals and swamps . Tolerates low oxygen. Feeds on crustaceans and insects . Males are bigger than females which become mature at 7 to 9 cm (20-25 g). Spawning occurs at the start of the rainy season. About ...
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Labrus mixtus Linnaeus, 1758 (red wrasse)
Symphodus ocellatus (Forsskål, 1775) (ocellated wrasse) Found near rocks and eel-grass beds. A nest of seaweed built and kept by male. Feed on bryozoans, hydroids, tubicolous, worms, shrimps, amphipods and mollusks. Males grow faster than females . Undergoes sex reversal .
Symphodus tinca (Linnaeus, 1758) (painted wrasse) Littoral, found near rocks mainly in eel-grass beds, sometimes in salty lagoons. Often gregarious. Nest of seaweed built and kept by male with one or more females spawning. Feed on sea urchins, ophiuroids, bivalves, shrimps and crabs . Rate of growth is slow . Undergoes sex reversal .
Labrus merula Linnaeus, 1758 (Cuckoo wrasse) Found around rocks and seaweeds. Sometime schooling, more solitary when older. Feed on sea urchins, ophiuroids, mollusks, crabs and worms. Mature when 2 years old (15-20 cm). Spawn during February to May in western Mediterranean .
Hermodice carunculata (Pallas, 1766) (bearded fireworm)
Chromis chromis (Linnaeus, 1758) (Mediterranean chromis) Form small shoals in midwater above or near rocky reefs or above seagrass meadows (Posidonia. Feed on small planktonic or benthic animals . Reproduce in summer . Eggs characterised by adhesive filaments are nested on rocky or sandy bottoms . Males guard the eggs .

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