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  • Nº106 # Date: 2015-08-14 - 08:55
  • # Max Depth: 18.9m Duration: 49mins
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  • Temp: Bottom 30°C
  • Dive type : Recreational, Wreck
  • Visibility: Average Water: Salt
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  • Weights: 4 kg
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Chiloscyllium plagiosum ([Bennett], 1830) (whitespotted bamboo shark) A common but little-known inshore bottom shark . Feeds on bony fishes and crustaceans . Oviparous . Utilized for human consumption and used in Chinese medicine . Caught by multiple hook and line and trawl . Caught rarely by demersal gillnet fisheries operating inshore .
Carcharhinus melanopterus (Quoy and Gaimard, 1824) (blacktip reef shark) This powerful swimmer is well known for its tendency to enter incredibly shallow water, and is often found in water only 30 centimetres deep or less, with its distinctive dorsal fin protruding from the surface of the water...
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Gymnothorax thyrsoideus (Richardson, 1845) (slender moray) Fairly common inhabitant of reef flats where it is usually encountered in shallow tidal pools. Often in shipwrecks; usually in pairs or small aggregations, and shares habitat with other morays .
Cheiloprion labiatus (Day, 1877) (Big-lip damsel) Found usually among beds of branching corals in shallow lagoon reefs, singly or in small groups . Feeds primarily on the polyps of Acropora corals.
Arothron stellatus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) (Blackspotted puffer) Relatively uncommon in patch reefs and coral slopes near sandy areas of clear lagoon and seaward reefs. Juveniles occur in sandy and weedy inner reefs, adults on clear lagoons and seaward reefs . Juveniles inshore, usual...
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Pomacanthus imperator (Bloch, 1787) (Angel fish) Juveniles are encountered under ledges, or in holes of outer lagoon patch reefs or semi-protected areas of exposed channels and outer reef flats. Subadults move to reef front holes and surge channels. Large adults inhabi...
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Sphyraena putnamae Jordan & Seale, 1905 (Barracuda) Found near prominent current-swept lagoons or seaward reefs . Also in bays and inner turbid lagoons . Nocturnally active, but occurring in relatively large schools during the day . Sold fresh or processed into fish cakes .
Ostracion immaculatus Temminck & Schlegel, 1850 (bluespotted boxfish) Occurs near shore (incl. semi-enclosed sea areas) on rock bottoms .
Brissus brissus (Leske, 1778)

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