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  • Nº5492 # Date: 2012-12-02 - 12:00
  • # Max Depth: 15.2m Duration: 59mins
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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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Dive Profile

  • 1. Air
  • 12L Aluminium     221 → 34 bar
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  • Average depth: 10.1m
  • SAC: 1.57 bar/min
  • RMV: 18.84 L/min
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Species Identified

Aulostomus maculatus Valenciennes, 1841 (Caribbean trumpetfish) Commonly found in weedy areas and especially around reefs, where they usually swim snout-down among sea whips . A solitary ambusher of small fishes and crustaceans that lurk among branching coral or gorgonians. Often swi...
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Pomacanthus paru (Bloch, 1787) (French angelfish) Common in shallow reefs. Usually in pairs, often near sea fans . Feed on sponges, algae, bryozoans, zoantharians, gorgonians and tunicates . Oviparous , monogamous . Spawning pairs are strongly territorial, with usuall...
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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 .
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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Dasyatis americana Hildebrand and Schroeder, 1928 (stingaree) The southern stingray is an active swimmer that feeds primarily at night, on a diet of invertebrates and small fishes. They feeding by flapping their wing-like pectoral fins to disturb the sand, and expose their prey . T...
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Pareques acuminatus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) (Cluck) Occurs in clear waters of tropical islands, especially near coral reefs, but also in adjacent bays over rough bottom. Also often found under eroded edges of seagrass beds . Has been reared in captivity .
Hypoplectrus puella (Cuvier, 1828) (Barred hamlet) A solitary species inhabiting rocky and coral reefs . Always found near cover .
Scarus coeruleus (Edwards, 1771) (Blue kwab) Inhabits coral reefs. Juveniles found on Thalassia beds . Feeds on benthic plants and small organisms in the sand . Forms large spawning aggregations .
Monacanthus tuckeri Bean, 1906 (chivo) Found over sandy and rocky bottoms . Drifts among gorgonians . Feeds on algae and invertebrates.
Malacanthus plumieri (Bloch, 1786) (Muttonfish) Primarily a shallow-water benthic species found on sand and rubble bottoms . Builds mounds of rubble and shell fragments near reefs and grass beds; enters its mound head first when frightened . Feeds mainly on stomatopod...
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