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  • Nº1 # Date: 2013-03-24 - 14:30
  • # Max Depth: 12m Duration: 54mins
Diver's Notes

Fish
- spotfin lionfish
- juvenile common lionfish
- common lionfish
- tasseled Scorpion fish
- peacock flounder
- giant morey
- spotted garden eel
- blue spotted stingray
- mantis shrimp
- porcelain crab
- map puffer

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  • Temp: Bottom 27°C
  • Dive type : Recreational, Training
  • Visibility: Good Water: Salt
Specific gear used
  • Dive skin: - 3mm
  • Weights: 6 kg
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  • Dive buddies: Hayley Longey
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Dive Profile

  • 1. Air
  • 12L Aluminium     200 → 50 bar
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  • Average depth: 8m
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Species Identified

Pterois antennata (Bloch, 1787) (Broadbarred firefish) Occurs in lagoon and seaward reefs. Hides in crevices under rocks and coral formations during the day and hunts at night. Typically with head towards the safety of their hide-out or narrow passage . Feeds on shrimps and...
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Scorpaenopsis oxycephala (Bleeker, 1849) (Tassled scorpionfish) Inhabits clear-water outer reef slopes and channels from depths of 1 to at least 35 m, in areas with mixed rock and coral substrates. Venomous spines.
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 .
Heteroconger hassi (Klausewitz & Eibl-Eibesfeldt, 1959) (Spotted garden-eel) Often found on sandy slopes below 15 m; withdraws into its burrow when approached. Usually in colonies containing up to several hundred individuals.
Gymnothorax javanicus (Bleeker, 1859) (Giant moray)
Neotrygon kuhlii (Müller & Henle, 1841) (Bluespotted stingray) A solitary species found on sandy bottoms near rocky or coral reefs . Usually found in deeper water but moves onto the reef flat and into shallow lagoons at high tide . Occasionally covers itself with sand, leaving only ...
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Gonodactylaceus falcatus (Forskål, 1775) (Philippine mantis shrimp)

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