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  • Nº5493 # Date: 2012-12-03 - 10:00
  • # Max Depth: 24.7m Duration: 53mins
Diver's Notes

Flamingo Tongue Snails (C. gibbosum) apparently don't want to be included in the species database, but there were dozens on a single piece of coral.

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  • Temp: Surf 27°C Bottom 26°C
  • Dive type : Recreational, Reef
  • Visibility: Excellent Water: Salt
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  • Weights: 4.5 kg
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Species Identified

Lactophrys bicaudalis (Linnaeus, 1758) (Trunkfish) Found in clear water around coral reefs. Sometimes under ledges and near small holes . Feeds on a variety of small bottom invertebrates such as mollusks, crustaceans, starfishes, sea urchins, sea cucumbers, sessile tunic...
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Chaetodon capistratus Linnaeus, 1758 (Butterbun) Inhabit shallow reefs and generally occurs singly or in pairs. Feed mainly on zoantharians, polychaete worms, gorgonians and tunicates. Easily approached . Oviparous . Form pairs during breeding .
Aluterus scriptus (Osbeck, 1765) (Unicornfish)
Serranus tigrinus (Bloch, 1790) (Harlequin serranid) Most common in areas with rock or scattered coral. Solitary or in pairs. Feeds mainly upon crustaceans . Synchronously hermaphroditic. The most common member of the genus .

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