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  • Nº8 # Date: 2004-05-21
  • # Max Depth: 14m Duration: 39mins
Diver's Notes

Second and last of our dives on The Whitsunday Islands.Fairly shallow dive exploring lots of canyons and passages of coral.Three metre giant stride boat entry which was fun.Descended into a school of huge Batfish.Highlight was encountering a Giant barracuda approx 2 metres in length.

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  • Dive type : Recreational
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Sphyraena barracuda (Edwards, 1771) (Alho)
Monodactylus argenteus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Silver moony) Found in bays, mangrove estuaries, tidal creeks, and lower reaches of freshwater streams ; occasionally in silty coastal reefs . Feeds on plankton and detritus . Commonly seen in schools ; small juveniles either solitary or in small aggregations . Highly territorial . Caught with throw nets .

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