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  • Nº9 # Date: 2011-08-30 - 08:53
  • # Max Depth: 29m Duration: 50mins
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  • Dive type : Training, AOW dive #3
  • Visibility: Good Water: Salt
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  • Mask: mares - tana
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Species Identified

Sphyraena putnamae Jordan & Seale, 1905 (Barracuda) Found near prominent current-swept lagoons or seaward reefs . Also in bays and inner turbid lagoons . Nocturnally active, but occurring in relatively large schools during the day . Sold fresh or processed into fish cakes .
Cephalopholis argus Bloch and Schneider, 1801 (Grouper) A generally common species found in a variety of coral habitats from tide pools to depths of at least 40 m; prefers the 1 to 10 m reef zone. Juvenile prefers shallow, protected coral thickets . Benthic and benthopelagi...
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Platax orbicularis (Forsskål, 1775) (Orbicular batfish) Live in shallow protected coastal waters to deep, somewhat silty habitats. Often with deep shipwrecks . Adults are found singly or in small groups and occasionally in large schools in some areas. Juveniles occur singly ...
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Echeneis naucrates Linnaeus, 1758 (Live sharksucker)
Caesio striata Rüppell, 1830 (Striped fusilier) Inhabits coastal areas, primarily around coral reefs. Forms aggregations in midwater and feeds on zooplankton. Oviparous, with numerous, small pelagic eggs .
Labroides dimidiatus (Valenciennes, 1839) (Bluestreak cleaner wrasse) Inhabits coral rich areas of inner lagoons and subtidal reef flats to seaward reefs . Feeds on crustacean ectoparasites and mucus of other fishes . Monogamous . A protogynous hermaphrodite . Stays in stations where oth...
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