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  • Nº9 # Date: 2016-05-02 - 11:00
  • # Max Depth: 18m Duration: 43mins
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  • Surface interval:10 mins
  • Temp: Surf 18°C Bottom 16°C
  • Dive type : Recreational
  • Visibility: Good Water: Salt
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  • Weights: 11 kg
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  • 1. Air
  • 12L Steel     190 → 50 bar
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  • Average depth: 12m
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Muraena helena Linnaeus, 1758 (Mediterranean moray) A nocturnal and territorial species , commonly lurking in holes, and writhing snakelike through crevices, under rocks or corals. Feeds on fish, crabs and squid . It seldom attacks unless provoked . A gonochoristic speci...
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Diplodus cervinus (Lowe, 1838) (Zebra seabream)
Epinephelus marginatus (Lowe, 1834) (Duskey grouper) The dusky grouper is a protogynous hermaphrodite, meaning that it matures as a female but later develops into a male as it grows larger and older . Sexual maturity is attained fairly late, when females are around five year...
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Sparus aurata Linnaeus, 1758 (Gilt head bream) Found in seagrass beds and sandy bottoms as well as in the surf zone commonly to depths of about 30 m, but adults may occur to 150 m depth. A sedentary fish, either solitary or in small aggregations. In spring, they ofte...
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Dentex dentex (Linnaeus, 1758) (Common dentex) Inhabit hard bottoms down to 200 m depth. Usually found in shallow water less than 50 m deep . Adults solitary; young gregarious . Young fish caught with traps. Feed on fish, mollusks and cephalopods. Important food ...
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Sphyraena sphyraena (Linnaeus, 1758) (Mediterranean barracuda) Found in coastal and offshore waters . Feeds mostly on fish, less often on cephalopods and crustaceans .
Coris julis (Linnaeus, 1758) (Mediterranean rainbow wrasse) Occurs in the littoral zone, near rocks and eelgrass beds. Usually found between 1-60 m, but old males stay in deeper water. Found in deeper waters during winter. Sometimes solitary, among rocks, often with numerous spe...
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Thalassoma pavo (Linnaeus, 1758) (Ornate wrasse) Inhabits coastal waters near rocks and eel-grass beds. Usually solitary, sometimes in small groups. Feeds on small mollusks and crustaceans . Protogynous hermaphrodite, with distinct sexual dichromatism . Eggs are pelagic .
Parablennius pilicornis (Cuvier, 1829) (Ringneck blenny) Occurs in rocky shores, often at steep walls of surf-exposed sites . Oviparous . Eggs are demersal and adhesive .

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