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  • Nº169 # Date: 1999-06-19 - 15:45
  • # Max Depth: 23m Duration: 35mins
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  • Temp: Surf 40°C Bottom 29°C
  • Dive type : Recreational, Reef
  • Visibility: Excellent Water: Salt
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  • Weights: 8 kg
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Sphyraena obtusata Cuvier, 1829 (Obtuse barracuda) Inhabits bays and estuaries . Found in schools in seagrass beds and rocky reefs . Feeds mainly on fishes. Exhibits diurnal behavior. Also caught with set nets . Sold fresh, frozen or dried salted in markets.
Scorpaenopsis diabolus (Cuvier, 1829) (False stonefish) Relatively an uncommon inhabitant of rubble or weedy coralline-rock bottoms of reef flats and lagoon and seaward reefs . Benthic . Flashes its inner pectoral fins when disturbed . Can inflict a painful injury with its venomous dorsal sting. Often partly buried .

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