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  • Nº17 # Date: 2009-05-29 - 09:30
  • # Max Depth: 19.8m Duration: 46mins
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Turtle dive - saw several turtles along with angelfish. Best reef close in to Playa with most aquatic life.

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  • Temp: Surf 28°C Bottom 28°C
  • Dive type : Recreational, Drift, Reef, Boat
  • Visibility: Excellent Water: Salt
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  • Weights: 7.3 kg
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Species Identified

Chelonia mydas Linnaeus 1758 (Green Turtle) Green turtles are long-lived and may take up to 59 years to reach sexual maturity Undertaking tremendous feats of navigation, adults return to the same beach to breed each season, part of the population in Brazil astonish...
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Canthidermis sufflamen (Mitchill, 1815) (Filefish) Common near drop-offs of seaward reefs . Occasionally in shallow water. Solitary or in small groups in open water. Often associated with Sargassum . Feeds mainly on large zooplankton. Minimum depth reported from Ref. 13121.
Melichthys niger (Bloch, 1786) (Black triggerfish)
Epigonus denticulatus Dieuzeide, 1950 (Bigeye) Adults benthic on the continental slope and collected with bottom trawls . Juveniles are pelagic in depths of 130-145 and 350-425 m . Feed on small fishes and planktonic invertebrates . Oviparous .
Acanthocybium solandri (Cuvier, 1832) (Barracuda)
Eretmochelys imbricata (LINNAEUS) 1766 (Hawksbill Turtle) Hawksbills may take decades to mature and it could be between 20 to 40 years before they are ready to breed . Upon reaching sexual maturity, a female will typically lay up to five clutches of around 100 to 140 eggs in one ...
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Holacanthus tricolor (Bloch, 1795) (Angelfish) Inhabits rock jetties, rocky reefs and rich coral areas. Juveniles often associated with fire corals . Feeds on tunicates, sponges, zoantharians and algae. Marketed fresh .
Holacanthus ciliaris (Linnaeus, 1758) (queen angelfish) Found on coral reefs. Generally occurs solitarily or in pairs. Moves gracefully between seafans, seawhips, and corals . Stomach contents of 26 specimens indicate that the species feeds almost exclusively on sponges supp...
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Pomacanthus arcuatus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Grey angelfish) Common in coral reefs, usually solitary, occasionally in pairs. Juveniles are part-time cleaners. Feed mainly on sponges, but also takes tunicates, algae, zoantharians, gorgonians, hydroids, bryozoans, and seagrasses. O...
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Mycteroperca microlepis (Goode & Bean, 1879) (Gag grouper) Juveniles occur in estuaries and seagrass beds; adults are usually found offshore on rocky bottom , occasionally inshore on rocky or grassy bottom. It is the most common grouper on rocky ledges in the eastern Gulf of Mexi...
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