user picture
  • Nº9 # Date: 2012-03-26 - 00:40
  • # Max Depth: 12.2m Duration: 20mins
Dive Profile
Pictures

No pictures for this dive

  • Dive type : Recreational, Reef
  • Visibility: Excellent Water: Salt
Specific gear used
  • Weights: 5 kg
Recent Divers in Grand Cayman
Recent Pictures in Grand Cayman
Dive Shop & Buddies
#

Link to this spot:

  • Spot:
  • Country:
  • Area:
  • Body of water:

Dive Profile

Data provided by EOL.org

Species Identified

Chelonia (Green Turtles)
Gymnothorax rueppellii (McClelland, 1844) (Banded moray) Found in clear waters of lagoons and seaward reefs . Benthic . Feeds on fishes and crustaceans, mainly at night. Nervous and aggressive .
Scorpaena grandicornis Cuvier, 1829 (poison grouper) Inhabits seagrass beds, grassy bays and channels. Moves only when disturbed. Wounds inflicted are extremely painful, but not fatal.
Chromis cyanea (Poey, 1860) (blue chromis) Common above deep outer reefs and feeds in aggregations of the small zooplankton, primarily copepods . Often with creole wrasse. Retreats into coral crevices when frightened .
Amphiprion percula (Lacepède, 1802) (Orange clownfish) Inhabits lagoon and seaward reefs . Each group of fish consists of a breeding pair and 0-4 non-breeders. Within each group there is a size-based hierarchy: the female is largest, the male is second largest, and the non-...
Read More
Dasyatis americana Hildebrand and Schroeder, 1928 (stingaree) The southern stingray is an active swimmer that feeds primarily at night, on a diet of invertebrates and small fishes. They feeding by flapping their wing-like pectoral fins to disturb the sand, and expose their prey . T...
Read More
Pomacanthus paru (Bloch, 1787) (French angelfish) Common in shallow reefs. Usually in pairs, often near sea fans . Feed on sponges, algae, bryozoans, zoantharians, gorgonians and tunicates . Oviparous , monogamous . Spawning pairs are strongly territorial, with usuall...
Read More

Share on Social Networks

  • Facebook:

    personalize your shared text as well as its destination (wall, page...) or send as a private message to a friend

  • Twitter: personalize your tweet
  • Google Plus: +1 and add a comment

Direct link to this dive

  • Long link:
  • Short link:

#
#
Close

Species

(...)

Add		 Comments

(...)

Add
Loading

Loading...

What's up on Diveboard