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  • Nº6 # Date: 2012-07-15 - 11:35
  • # Max Depth: 12.5m Duration: 25mins
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  • Dive type : Recreational, Reef
  • Visibility: Good Water: Salt
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  • Weights: 5.9 kg
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  • 1. Air
  • 0L Aluminium     110 → 34 bar
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  • Average depth: 8.3m
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Species Identified

Gorgonia ventalina Linnaeus, 1758 (common sea fan)
Gymnothorax miliaris (Kaup, 1856) (Bastard eel) A benthic and solitary species inhabiting coral reefs and rocky shorelines. Usually at depths of 60 m . One of the most common and easily recognized morays of the West Indian reefs, active during the day and sometimes h...
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Oreaster reticulatus (Linnaeus, 1758) (cushion sea star)
Holacanthus ciliaris (Linnaeus, 1758) (queen angelfish) Found on coral reefs. Generally occurs solitarily or in pairs. Moves gracefully between seafans, seawhips, and corals . Stomach contents of 26 specimens indicate that the species feeds almost exclusively on sponges supp...
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Chelonia mydas Linnaeus 1758 (Green Turtle) Green turtles are long-lived and may take up to 59 years to reach sexual maturity Undertaking tremendous feats of navigation, adults return to the same beach to breed each season, part of the population in Brazil astonish...
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Aplysina aerophoba Nardo, 1843 (Gold-sponge)
Astropecten irregularis (sand star)
Chromis multilineata (Guichenot, 1853) (Cavalley pilot) Generally occurs in steep slopes and patch reefs. A diurnal species , it most commonly forms moderate-sized feeding-schools over reef tops, rising above the bottom to feed on plankton, mainly copepods. Often seen with Chromis cyanea . Rarely marketed .
Lophius piscatorius Linnaeus, 1758 (Angler) The anglerfish lies half-buried in the mud or sand on the bottom of the sea, attracting fish to its huge mouth by means of its lure. Fish are drawn in by the sudden inrush of water. This method of feeding is a speciality o...
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Tubastraea coccinea Lesson, 1829 (orange cup coral) azooxanthellate
Favia fragum (Esper, 1795) (golfball coral) zooxanthellate

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