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  • Nº3 # Date: 2013-09-02 - 09:40
  • # Max Depth: 18m Duration: 45mins
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Amazing abundance of marine life around the island. Spotted several Cow fish, some Trumpet fish, Parrot fish and a spider crab.

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  • Dive type : Recreational, Photo
  • Visibility: Excellent Water: Salt
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  • Weights: 7 kg
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  • Dive with Alex Veira
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Acanthostracion quadricornis (Linnaeus, 1758) (Cowfish) Found in shallow water down to about 80 m, mainly in seagrass beds . Feeds on sessile invertebrates such as tunicates, gorgonians and anemones, as well as on slow-moving crustaceans, sponges , hermit crabs and marine plants . Oviparous . Considered an excellent food fish; marketed fresh .
Anasimus latus M. J. Rathbun, 1894 (stilt spider crab)
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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