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  • Nº7 # Date: 2013-06-30 - 12:00
  • # Max Depth: 24m Duration: 15mins
Diver's Notes

May have spotted a shark, but disappeared by the time I pulled out the camera.

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  • Dive type : Recreational, Wreck, Photo
  • Visibility: Average Water: Salt
Specific gear used
  • Boots: Neosport - 5 mm Low Top
  • Camera: zzGopro - zzHero 3 Black
  • Fins: Oceanic - Viper
  • Knife: zzAqualung - zzSqueeze Lock
  • Mask: Cressi Sub - F1 Frameless
  • Other: XS Scuba - Bypass Elite Snorkel
  • Weights: 5.5 kg
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  • Dive buddies: Jim O.
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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 .
Ocyurus chrysurus (Bloch, 1791) (yellowtail snapper)
Chaetodon ocellatus Bloch, 1787 (Butterbun) Inhabit shallow, coral reefs with clear water . Develop dusky bands at night. Generally common . Oviparous . Form pairs during breeding .
Chaetodipterus faber (Broussonet, 1782) (Atlantic spadefish) Abundant in shallow coastal waters, from mangroves and sandy beaches to wrecks and harbors. Juveniles are common in estuaries and often found in very shallow water swimming at an angle resembling dead leaves or as infert...
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Holacanthus ciliaris (Linnaeus, 1758) (queen angelfish) Found on coral reefs. Generally occurs solitarily or in pairs. Moves gracefully between seafans, seawhips, and corals . Stomach contents of 26 specimens indicate that the species feeds almost exclusively on sponges supp...
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