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  • Nº5 # Date: 2010-10-04 - 00:40
  • # Max Depth: 12m Duration: 35mins
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  • Temp: Surf 25°C Bottom 25°C
  • Dive type : Reef, Photo
  • Visibility: Good Water: Salt
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  • Weights: 6 kg
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  • Dive with Terry O. Dowd
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Species Identified

Pterois antennata (Bloch, 1787) (Broadbarred firefish) Occurs in lagoon and seaward reefs. Hides in crevices under rocks and coral formations during the day and hunts at night. Typically with head towards the safety of their hide-out or narrow passage . Feeds on shrimps and...
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Scorpaenodes albaiensis (Evermann & Seale, 1907) (Longfingered scorpionfish) Rare species . Very secretive in coastal coral reefs and rarely seen by divers, even at night .
Lactoria cornuta (Linnaeus, 1758) (Longhorn cowfish) Inhabit inshore on coastal muddy or sandy habitats in still bays, and commonly found in harbours and estuaries. Small juveniles on protected shallow mudflats . Found in weedy areas near rocks or reefs. Juveniles often n...
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Amphiprion ocellaris Cuvier, 1830 (false clown anemonefish)
Diodon liturosus Shaw, 1804 (Black-blotched porcupinefish) Inhabits reef edges and slopes . Hides in caves and ledges during the day and forages at night . Also found below plate-corals during the day and often deep, ranging to at least 40 meters depth. Juveniles occur in lagoo...
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Platygyra lamellina (Ehrenberg, 1834) (Lesser valley coral) zooxanthellate

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