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  • Nº24 # Date: 2013-04-26 - 12:00
  • # Max Depth: 12m Duration: 43mins
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  • Temp: Surf 28°C Bottom 26°C
  • Dive type : Recreational, Photo
  • Visibility: Good Water: Salt
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  • Camera: Panasonic - Lumix TZ30
  • Weights: 4 kg
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  • 1. Air
  • 12L Aluminium     200 → 90 bar
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  • Average depth: 8m
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Species Identified

Bolbometopon muricatum (Valenciennes, 1840) (Green humphead parrotfish) The gregarious humphead parrotfish is always found in small shoals, sometimes consisting of up to 75 individuals . It feeds on a diet of live corals and algae that grow on the ocean bottom, and uses its large bulbous head...
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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 .
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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Thalassoma lunare (Linnaeus, 1758) (Blue wrasse) Occurs in the upper portions of lagoon and coastal reefs, and in protected seaward reefs . Enters estuaries . Usually found on upper portions of ledges and heads . Feeds mainly on small benthic invertebrates and fish eggs . A protogynous hermaphrodite .
Holothuria impatiens (Forskaal, 1775) (impatient sea cucumber)
Abudefduf vaigiensis (Quoy and Gaimard, 1825) (Five finger) Adults inhabit upper edge of outer reef slopes and inshore rocky reefs. Juveniles associated with drifting seaweed . Benthopelagic . Feed on zooplankton, benthic algae, and small invertebrates . Often in aggregations ...
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Epinephelus areolatus (Forsskål, 1775) (yellowspotted rockcod) Usually found in seagrass beds or on fine sediment bottoms near rocky reefs, dead coral, or alcyonarians , in shallow continental shelf waters . Juveniles are common at water depths to 80 m . Probably spawn during restri...
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Epinephelus maculatus (Bloch, 1790) (Brown-spotted rock-cod) Juveniles are found in shallow coral rubble, adults in isolated coral heads of lagoon and seaward reefs to depths of 82 m. Feeds mainly on sand-dwelling fishes and crustaceans, sometimes on octopuses. In the Hong Kong live fish markets . May be ciguatoxic in certain areas .

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