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  • Nº47 # Date: 2013-10-14 - 11:00
  • # Max Depth: 22m Duration: 45mins
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Dive Location
  • Temp: Surf 25°C
  • Dive type : Reef, Photo, shoredive
  • Visibility: Excellent Water: Salt
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  • Weights: 8 kg
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  • Davy Jones Diving confirmed the dive with parameters: 22m / 45mins
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Dive Profile

  • 1. Air
  • 15L Steel     200 → 70 bar
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  • Average depth: 14.7m
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Species Identified

Urotrygon rogersi (Jordan & Starks, 1895) (Rogers' round ray)
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 .
Heteroconger longissimus Günther, 1870 (brown garden eel) Found on sandy bottom, living in colonies . Feed on plankton and detritus . They retreat into burrow when frightened . Probably spawn during warm season . Larval life spans 6-8 months .
Aplysina aerophoba Nardo, 1843 (Gold-sponge)
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 .
Sphoeroides marmoratus (Lowe, 1838) (Guinean puffer) Inhabits shallow waters .
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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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 .
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 .
Pomadasys incisus (Bowdich, 1825) (Bastard grunt) Found over hard bottom . Also found over sand. Feeds on bottom and near-bottom invertebrates .
Apogon imberbis (Linnaeus, 1758) (Cardinal fish) Occasionally forms schools; sometimes solitary. Inhabits muddy or rocky bottoms and caves. Feeds on small invertebrates and fishes . Oral brooding by males .

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