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  • Nº1 # Date: 2009-09-09 - 15:55
  • # Max Depth: 11.4m Duration: 35mins
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First dive!

Fairy basslets, blackcap basslets, blue chromis, Sargeant Major, garden eels, green moray, trumpet fish, peacock flounder.

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  • Temp: Bottom 31°C
  • Dive type : Training
  • Visibility: Good Water: Salt
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Gramma loreto Poey, 1868 (fairy basslet) Often found in caves or under ledges. Swim with belly toward substratum, thus under ledges seen upside down. Feed on ectoparasites of other fishes . Males show various types of nest care behavior . Retreat into recesses when alarmed . Have been reared in captivity .
Gramma melacara Böhlke & Randall, 1963 (blackcap basslet) A solitary species found on nearly vertical cliffs and drop-offs beyond outer reefs. Often upside-down. Retreats into recesses when alarmed . Has been reared in captivity . Most common in water more than 30 m deep. Gradually replaces G. loreto at depths of 15-30 m .
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 .
Abudefduf vaigiensis (Quoy and Gaimard, 1825) (Five finger) Adults inhabit upper edge of outer reef slopes and inshore rocky reefs. Juveniles associated with drifting seaweed . Benthopelagic . Feed on zooplankton, benthic algae, and small invertebrates . Often in aggregations ...
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Heteroconger pellegrini Castle, 1999 (garden-eel)
Gymnothorax funebris Ranzani, 1839 (Green cong) A benthic and solitary species occurring along rocky shorelines, reefs, and mangroves .Usually found shallower than 30 m . Due to its large size and aggressiveness, the bites of this moray are particularly dangerous . F...
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Macroramphosus scolopax (Linnaeus, 1758) (Longspine spinefish) Found between the seabed and midwater on the lower continental shelf, over sand. Juveniles found in oceanic surface waters ; adults normally live close to the bottom (normally in 50-350 m depth ). Gregarious. Juveniles ...
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Bothus lunatus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Flounder) Inhabits clear sandy areas near mangroves, among seagrass, coral or rubble . Most common flounder around coral reefs . Often partially buried in sand, occasionally on hard bottoms . Feeds mainly on small fishes but also on crustaceans and octopuses. Marketed fresh .

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