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  • Nº65 # Date: 2009-04-06 - 13:32
  • # Max Depth: 22.9m Duration: 48mins
Diver's Notes

Buddied w/ Jim again. Smaller, more experienced group - much better. Although a German girl, Michelle, was christened "Tasmanian Devil" by Jim as she shot around all over the place & generally got in the way! The last 15 mins, in about 7-8m, were like diving in an aquarium :) big schools of some kind of jack & other small fish incl. bream, picarels, wrasse, comber, dentex, damsel fish, cardinal fish, nudibranch...

Dive Profile
Dive Location

  • Temp: Surf 14°C Bottom 14°C
  • Dive type : Recreational
  • Visibility: Average Water: Salt
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  • Weights: 13 kg
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  • ZOEA Mallorca confirmed the dive with parameters: 22.9m / 48mins
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  • 1. Nitrox 30
  • 12L Steel     220 → 100 bar
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  • Average depth: 15.3m
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Species Identified

Apogon pacificus (Herre, 1935) (Cardinalfish) Stays under ledge overhangs and other shaded, reclusive areas on rocky reefs and slopes during the day. Feeds in the open at night. Often mingles with other cardinal fish .
Dentex dentex (Linnaeus, 1758) (Common dentex) Inhabit hard bottoms down to 200 m depth. Usually found in shallow water less than 50 m deep . Adults solitary; young gregarious . Young fish caught with traps. Feed on fish, mollusks and cephalopods. Important food ...
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Halichoeres semicinctus (Ayres, 1859) (rock wrasse)
Serranus scriba (Linnaeus, 1758) (Painted comber) Found on rocky bottom and on Posidonia beds. Feed on fishes and crustaceans.
Diplodus vulgaris (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1817) (Common two-banded seabream) A euryhaline species inhabiting rocky and sometimes sandy bottoms to depths of 160 m, but more commonly in less than 50 m. The young are sometimes found in seagrass beds. Adults feed on crustaceans, worms and mollusks . Important food fish.
Coris julis (Linnaeus, 1758) (Mediterranean rainbow wrasse) Occurs in the littoral zone, near rocks and eelgrass beds. Usually found between 1-60 m, but old males stay in deeper water. Found in deeper waters during winter. Sometimes solitary, among rocks, often with numerous spe...
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Oligoplites saurus (Bloch and Schneider, 1801) (Jack) Found inshore, usually along sandy beaches, in bays and inlets . Enters estuaries and fresh water . Prefers turbid water . Occurs in schools, usually large and fast moving, often leaping out of the water . Juveniles ma...
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Spicara smaris (Linnaeus, 1758) (Picarel) Depth range from 15-170 m but up to depth of 328 m in the eastern Ionian Sea . Inhabit Posidonia beds and muddy bottoms. Occur in schools except during breeding .

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