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  • Nº417 # Date: 2012-06-16 - 11:00
  • # Max Depth: 40m Duration: 42mins
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What a nice dive, we were so lucky to see the guitar shark and the school of giant groupers... it is still cold down at 40m.
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  • Temp: Surf 30°C Bottom 21°C
  • Dive type : Recreational
  • Visibility: Good Water: Salt
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Rhinobatos rhinobatos (Linnaeus, 1758) (Common guitarfish) Inhabits sandy and muddy bottoms, from the intertidal zone to about 100 m. Sometimes near rocky reefs . Slow swimming over bottom or partially buried. Feeds on benthic invertebrates and fishes. Ovoviviparous, one or two litters per year with 4-10 embryos.
Epinephelus aeneus (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1817) (Grouper) Adults are found on rocky or mud-sand bottom; juveniles have been taken in coastal lagoons and estuaries. In the west African waters, diet comprise of fishes (58%), stomatopods (21%), crabs (10%), and cephalopods (10%). ...
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Epinephelus marginatus (Lowe, 1834) (Duskey grouper) The dusky grouper is a protogynous hermaphrodite, meaning that it matures as a female but later develops into a male as it grows larger and older . Sexual maturity is attained fairly late, when females are around five year...
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