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  • Nº45 # Date: 2014-12-29
  • # Max Depth: 18m Duration: 51mins
Diver's Notes

Varying degrees of current throughout dive across sand,cortland sea grass topography's.Saw a Flounder,Moray Eel,Cow Fish,large Puffer fish,Lizard fish and Electric Blue Anemone.

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  • Dive type : Recreational, Drift, Reef
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  • Mask: Atomic Aquatics - frameless
  • Fins: Mares - Avanti Quattro Plus
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Gymnothorax favagineus Bloch & Schneider, 1801 (Laced moray) Inhabits reef flats and outer reef slopes of continental reefs . One of the two largest of Indo-Pacific morays. Often in holes with cleaner wrasses or shrimps . Feeds on cephalopods and small fishes . Large adults may be aggressive . Minimum depth reported taken from Ref. 30573.
Synanceia verrucosa Bloch & Schneider, 1801 (Stonefish) Most widespread stonefish . Found on sandy or rubble areas of reef flats and shallow lagoons and in small pools during low tide well camouflaged among the substrate and sometimes even covered with algae . Solitary specie...
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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 .
Arothron stellatus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) (Blackspotted puffer) Relatively uncommon in patch reefs and coral slopes near sandy areas of clear lagoon and seaward reefs. Juveniles occur in sandy and weedy inner reefs, adults on clear lagoons and seaward reefs . Juveniles inshore, usual...
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