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  • Nº3 # Date: 2015-03-26 - 10:30
  • # Max Depth: 28m Duration: 53mins
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  • Temp: Surf 19°C Bottom 18°C
  • Dive type : Recreational, Deep dive, Drift, Photo
  • Visibility: Good Water: Salt
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  • Weights: 6 kg
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  • Azul Diving Center Madeira confirmed the dive with parameters: 28m / 53mins
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  • 1. Nitrox 32
  • 12L Steel     200 → 70 bar
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  • Average depth: 18.7m
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Sparisoma cretense (Linnaeus, 1758) (parrotfish) In shallow water along rocky shores. Feed on algae and small invertebrates . Herbivore species with specialized pharyngeal bones and muscles . Breeding occurs from July to September, with juveniles recruiting in late summer in Portugal .
Balistes capriscus Gmelin, 1789 (gray triggerfish)
Myliobatis aquila (Linnaeus, 1758) (Common eagle ray) Found in shallow lagoons , bays and estuaries; also offshore down to at least 95 m . Often found in groups . Feeds on benthic crustaceans, mollusks and fish. Ovoviviparous . Gestation period of 6-8 months, the females ...
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Torpedo torpedo (Linnaeus, 1758) (Common torpedo) Found on soft bottoms, usually inshore but occasionally deeper. Feeds on small fishes and also benthic invertebrates. Ovoviviparous, with 3-21 in a litter . Size at birth 9 cm . Capable of inflicting a severe shock of up to 200 volts.
Epinephelus marginatus (Lowe, 1834) (Duskey grouper) The dusky grouper is a protogynous hermaphrodite, meaning that it matures as a female but later develops into a male as it grows larger and older . Sexual maturity is attained fairly late, when females are around five year...
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