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  • Nº41 # Date: 2016-02-14 - 16:00
  • # Max Depth: 19.5m Duration: 44mins
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  • Temp: Surf 24°C Bottom 23°C
  • Dive type : Training
  • Visibility: Good Water: Salt
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  • Regulator: Apeks - XTX50 : XTX40
  • Computer: Suunto - Vyper
  • Weights: 12 kg
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  • 1. Air
  • 15L Aluminium     160 → 60 bar
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  • Average depth: 9.2m
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Aequorea victoria (Murbach and Shearer, 1902) (water jellyfish) colonial, free medusae
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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Amphiprion sebae Bleeker, 1853 (Sebae anemonefish) Found in coastal waters and lagoons. It grows rather large . Associated with the anemone Stichodactyla haddoni .
Naso caeruleacauda Randall, 1994 (Blue unicorn) Found in schools, mainly along outer reef walls to moderate depths in pursuit of plankton .
Naso brevirostris (Cuvier, 1829) (Spotted unicornfish)
Pterois radiata Cuvier, 1829 (Radial firefish) A generally uncommon species that inhabits lagoon and seaward reefs . Prefers rocky reefs and seems to avoid stony corals. Coastal, sometimes in surge zones where in narrow crevices, or along rock-walls in small caves . ...
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Pterois volitans (Linnaeus, 1758) (Red lionfish)
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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Scorpaenopsis diabolus (Cuvier, 1829) (False stonefish) Relatively an uncommon inhabitant of rubble or weedy coralline-rock bottoms of reef flats and lagoon and seaward reefs . Benthic . Flashes its inner pectoral fins when disturbed . Can inflict a painful injury with its venomous dorsal sting. Often partly buried .
Sepioteuthis sepioidea (Blainville, 1823) (Caribbean reef squid)
Enteroctopus dofleini (Wülker, 1910) (Giant pacific octopus)

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