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  • Nº11 # Date: 2012-03-27 - 00:40
  • # Max Depth: 13.7m Duration: 45mins
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Tagged along on Jenn's first ever dive. She took the Discover Scuba Course.

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  • Dive type : Recreational, Reef
  • Visibility: Good Water: Salt
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  • Weights: 5 kg
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Species Identified

Albula neoguinaica Valenciennes, 1847 (Banana fish) Typically found on sandy substrates, sometimes coming into very shallow waters on sand flats , to feed on sand-dwelling invertebrates . Sometimes enters estuaries and freshwater . Marketed fresh .
Epinephelus analogus Gill, 1863 (Grouper)
Equetus punctatus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) (Spooted drum) Occurs primarily on coral reefs. Secretive and usually solitary, under ledges or near small caves . Often seen during the day around the bases of corals . Feeds at night on crabs, shrimps, and polychaetes. Easily approached . Has been reared in captivity .
Millepora alcicornis Linnaeus, 1758 (fire coral) colonial, calcareous skeleton
Aluterus schoepfii (Walbaum, 1792) (Orange filefish) Usually found over bottoms with seagrass, sand, or mud . Juveniles are associated with floating Sargassum. Solitary or in pairs . Feeds on a variety of plants, including algae and seagrasses . Generally considered as trash fish, rarely consumed . Traded as an aquarium fish at Ceará, Brazil .
Aluterus scriptus (Osbeck, 1765) (Unicornfish)
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...
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