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  • Nº23 # Date: 2013-04-26 - 11:00
  • # Max Depth: 9.2m Duration: 37mins
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  • Temp: Surf 28°C Bottom 26°C
  • Dive type : Recreational, Photo
  • Visibility: Good Water: Salt
Specific gear used
  • Camera: Panasonic - Lumix TZ30
  • Weights: 4 kg
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Dive Profile

  • 1. Air
  • 12L Aluminium     200 → 110 bar
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  • Average depth: 6.1m
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Species Identified

Chelonia mydas Linnaeus 1758 (Green Turtle) Green turtles are long-lived and may take up to 59 years to reach sexual maturity Undertaking tremendous feats of navigation, adults return to the same beach to breed each season, part of the population in Brazil astonish...
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Amphiprion percula (Lacepède, 1802) (Orange clownfish) Inhabits lagoon and seaward reefs . Each group of fish consists of a breeding pair and 0-4 non-breeders. Within each group there is a size-based hierarchy: the female is largest, the male is second largest, and the non-...
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Premnas biaculeatus (Bloch, 1790) (Spinecheek anemonefish) Inhabits lagoon and seaward reefs , found mainly in protected coastal waters and lagoons. Typically found in pairs in which males are much smaller than females . Feeds primarily on zooplankton and benthic algae . Has been reared in captivity . Associated with the anemone Entacmaea quadricolor .
Panulirus versicolor (Latreille, 1804) (painted spiny lobster)
Acropora loripes (Brook, 1892) (bluetip coral) zooxanthellate
Acropora pulchra (Brook, 1891) zooxanthellate
Goniopora minor Crossland, 1952 (Anemone coral) zooxanthellate
Pomacanthus sexstriatus (Cuvier, 1831) (Sixbar angelfish) Juveniles prefer sheltered inner reefs while adults occur in areas of rich coral growth and high vertical relief of lagoon and seaward reefs. Adults semi-silty coastal to about 50 m depth, often seen in pairs . Occur sol...
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Platygyra sinensis (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849) (Brain coral) zooxanthellate
Scarus psittacus Forsskål, 1775 (Common parrotfish) Inhabit reef flats and lagoon and seaward reefs to at least 25 m depth . Found over corals . Benthopelagic . Initial-phase fish stage usually form small feeding schools . Graze on benthic algae . Secrete a mucus cocoon .

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