Rahmbo
Aruba
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Nº25
Date: 2012-11-17 - 09:35
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Max Depth: 20m Duration: 65mins
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- Temp: Surf 27°C Bottom 81°C
- Dive type : Recreational, Drift, Reef
- Visibility: Good Water: Salt
Specific gear used
- Computer: Oceanic - VEO 2.0
- Wet suit: Scubapro - Shorty 2,5 mm
- Weights: 9.3 kg
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Dive Profile
- 1. Air
- 11L Aluminium 200 → 28 bar
- Average depth: 12.1m
- SAC: 1.2 bar/min
- RMV: 13.2 L/min
Data provided by EOL.org
Species Identified
Lutjanus purpureus (Poey, 1866) (Caribbean red snapper)
Inhabits rocky areas. Feeds mainly on fishes, shrimps, crabs, cephalopods and planktonic items.
Sparisoma chrysopterum (Bloch and Schneider, 1801) (Blisterside)
Occurs in coral reefs and adjacent habitats, the young especially in seagrass beds. Juveniles or primary-phase adults rapidly assume a mottled pattern with which they blend with the substratum when they come to rest on the bottom. Feeds on benthic algae and seagrasses.
Balistes capriscus Gmelin, 1789 (gray triggerfish)
Sphyraena picudilla Poey, 1860 (Little barracuda)
Inhabits coastal waters. Found in rocky or coral reefs . More abundant over muddy bottoms. Juveniles are encountered in seagrass beds . Often occurs in large schools, sometimes near the surface . Marketed fresh and frozen.
Acanthurus coeruleus Bloch and Schneider, 1801 (Blue tang surgeonfish)
Inhabits coral reefs, inshore grassy or rocky areas. Forms small groups . Mainly diurnal. Feeds entirely on algae . At Fernando de Noronha Archipelago in southwestern Atlantic, juveniles hold cleaning stations togeth...
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