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  • Nº55 # Date: 2008-05-11
  • # Max Depth: 14.3m Duration: 40mins
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  • Dive type : Recreational, shore, dusk
  • Water: Salt
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  • Wet suit: Henderson - 3
  • Weights: 3.2 kg
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  • 1. Nitrox 31
  • 0L Steel
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  • Average depth: 9.6m
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Species Identified

Phimochirus operculatus (Stimpson, 1859) (polkadotted hermit)
Apogon townsendi (Breder, 1927) (belted cardinalfish) Inhabits coral and rocky areas, often near drop-offs. Solitary or in groups in caves or holes . Often seen hovering in the spines of long-spined urchin.
Inermia vittata Poey, 1860 (bonnetmouth) Occurs in open water ; sometimes found near the coast, mainly near oceanic islands . Sometimes found over coral heads . Feeds on zooplankton and small fishes. Marketed fresh.
Gorgonia ventalina Linnaeus, 1758 (common sea fan)
Aplysina archeri (Higgin, 1875)
Ventricaria ventricosa (J. Agardh) J. L. Olsen & J. A. West
Synodus intermedius (Spix & Agassiz, 1829) (Lizardfish) Found on the sandy bottom around boulders or in sandy corridors in patch reefs . Uncommon near the shore.
Spirobranchus giganteus (Pallas, 1766) (Christmas Tree Worm)
Mulloidichthys martinicus (Cuvier, 1829) (goatfish) Found over sandy areas of lagoon and seaward reefs . Often in schools . Forms schools with the smallmouth grunt , an association regarded as social protective mimicry . Juveniles are common in seagrass beds . Feeds on benthic invertebrates . Marketed fresh .
Neoniphon marianus (Cuvier, 1829) (Longjaw squirrelfish) Rarely found in shallow water, but appears to be the most common squirrelfish in the depth range of 30-60 m or more . Reported used as food fish .
Stegastes planifrons (Cuvier, 1830) (threespot damselfish) Inhabits inshore and offshore coral reefs. Found within caves at night .Often found in tangles of staghorn coral; anywhere there is abundant algae on reefs . Feeds mainly on algae but also on harpacticoid copepods, small...
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Callyspongia plicifera (Lamarck, 1814)

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