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  • Nº2 # Date: 2011-01-07 - 10:30
  • # Max Depth: 12m Duration: 40mins
Diver's Notes

Clear Water, Medium-High Waves, Lots of specimen (see species).
Air: 170bar consumed.

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Dive Location

  • Temp: Surf 25°C Bottom 24°C
  • Dive type : Recreational, Training, Reef
  • Visibility: Good Water: Salt
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  • Weights: 8 kg
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Species Identified

Taeniura lymma (Forsskål, 1775) (Bluespotted ribbontail ray) Blue-spotted stingrays live alone or in small groups , migrating in large schools into shallow sandy areas on the rising tide in order to feed, and dispersing back into the ocean as the tide falls to shelter in the coral c...
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Pterois volitans (Linnaeus, 1758) (Red lionfish)
Pterois miles (Bennett, 1828) (Devil firefish) Lives in coastal waters in muddy habitats . Fin spines highly venomous, may cause human death .
Chaetodon fasciatus Forsskål, 1775 (Diagonal butterflyfish) Commonly found on reef flats . Usually solitary or in pairs in areas with rich coral growth. Monogamous . Feed mainly on coral polyps . Oviparous . Form pairs during breeding .
Pseudogramma polyacanthum (Bleeker, 1856) (Honeycomb podge)
Sebastapistes strongia (Cuvier, 1829) (Barchin scorpionfish) Common in areas with mixed sand and rubble in reef flats, shallow lagoons and channels. A nocturnal species.
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 .
Synanceia verrucosa Bloch & Schneider, 1801 (Stonefish) Most widespread stonefish . Found on sandy or rubble areas of reef flats and shallow lagoons and in small pools during low tide well camouflaged among the substrate and sometimes even covered with algae . Solitary specie...
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Solenostomus cyanopterus Bleeker, 1854 (Ghost pipefish) Mostly pelagic until it settles on the substrate for breeding . Uncommon species found in coastal reefs and weedy areas . Monogamous, always in pairs . Females carry the eggs in their pelvic fins that are modified to form a brood pouch . Feed on small crustaceans .

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