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  • Nº48 # Date: 2013-10-14
  • # Max Depth: 17m Duration: 49mins
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  • Temp: Surf 26°C Bottom 23°C
  • Dive type : Reef, shore dive
  • Visibility: Good Water: Salt
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  • Weights: 8 kg
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  • Davy Jones Diving confirmed the dive with parameters: 17m / 49mins
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  • 1. Air
  • 15L Steel     200 → 70 bar
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  • Average depth: 11.3m
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Species Identified

Dascyllus reticulatus (Richardson, 1846) (twostriped damselfish) Occurs in outer lagoon and seaward reefs. Inhabits branching coral heads, particularly Pocillopora eydouxi. Forms schools, often in silty habitats . Male prepares a nest by cleaning with its mouth a rock or coral surface where the female will attach the eggs .
Canthigaster rostrata (Bloch, 1786) (sharpnose puffer) Inhabits reefs and marginal habitats such as seagrass beds . Diet consists of seagrass, sponges, crabs and other crustaceans, mollusks, polychaete worms, sea urchins, starfishes, hydroids and algae . Monogamous .
Gymnothorax unicolor (Delaroche, 1809) (Brown moray) Found on shelf, on rocky coasts, rough sand, gravel, crevices, small caves and shadowed zones . Feeds on small crabs and gastropods .
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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Scorpaena notata Rafinesque, 1810 (Small red scorpionfish) Common in rocky littoral habitats. Feeds on crustaceans and small fishes . Flesh is tasty and used in making 'bouillabaisse' .
Sphyraena viridensis Cuvier, 1829 (Barracuda) Its habits are probably similar to those of the phylogenetically closely related Sphyraena sphyraena . Feeds on cephalopods, crustaceans and fishes. Caught in trammel nets and beach seines .
Sparisoma cretense (Linnaeus, 1758) (parrotfish) In shallow water along rocky shores. Feed on algae and small invertebrates . Herbivore species with specialized pharyngeal bones and muscles . Breeding occurs from July to September, with juveniles recruiting in late summer in Portugal .
Sphoeroides marmoratus (Lowe, 1838) (Guinean puffer) Inhabits shallow waters .
Abudefduf luridus (Cuvier, 1830) (Canary damsel) Adults inhabit rocky inshore areas, often near sand; juveniles found in tide pools. Food comprised mainly of algae with associated minute invertebrates . Males protect the eggs deposited in nests .
Octopus wolfi (Wülker, 1913) (Octopus)
Fistularia tabacaria Linnaeus, 1758 (bluespotted cometfish) A solitary species occurs over grass flats and reefs, and on hard and rocky bottoms . Feeds on fishes, small crustaceans or invertebrates.
Serranus scriba (Linnaeus, 1758) (Painted comber) Found on rocky bottom and on Posidonia beds. Feed on fishes and crustaceans.
Thalassoma pavo (Linnaeus, 1758) (Ornate wrasse) Inhabits coastal waters near rocks and eel-grass beds. Usually solitary, sometimes in small groups. Feeds on small mollusks and crustaceans . Protogynous hermaphrodite, with distinct sexual dichromatism . Eggs are pelagic .

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