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  • Nº12 # Date: 2015-11-22 - 10:20
  • # Max Depth: 17m Duration: 50mins
Diver's Notes

1 Green turtle and 1 hawksbill turtle !
beaucoup de nudibranch. hyppocampe. une trés jolie anémone shrimp dansant dans son anémone.
Un poisson plat type sole, avec un camouflage de toute beauté, doucement pris sur la main par le divemaster, puis trasmis sur moi. Trés jolie poisson !
énorme pufferfish. coral banded cleaner shrimp, bamboo shark. Spiny lobster et patatoe grouper (moyen en taille).

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  • Temp: Surf 29°C
  • Dive type : Recreational
  • Visibility: Bad Water: Salt
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  • Weights: 4 kg
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Chiloscyllium punctatum Müller and Henle, 1838 (Brown-banded bamboo shark) A common inshore bottom shark found on coral reefs, often in tide pools . Probably feeds on bottom invertebrates and small fish . Oviparous . Can survive up to 12 hours out of water . Gills sometimes infested by larval ...
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Pterois volitans (Linnaeus, 1758) (Red lionfish)
Epinephelus tukula Morgans, 1959 (potato cod) Mainly found in deep reef channels and seamounts, in current prone areas . Juveniles may be found in tide pools . Feeds on reef fishes, skates, crabs, and spiny lobsters . Considered to be exceedingly territorial and ve...
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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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Hippocampus comes Cantor, 1849 (spotted seahorse) Length type refers to Height (= from top of coronet to the tip of straightened tail). This species is mainly found in pairs on coral reefs, sponge gardens, kelp, and floating Sargassum. Nocturnal, site faithful. Feeds ...
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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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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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Periclimenes pedersoni (Pederson cleaner shrimp)
Panulirus versicolor (Latreille, 1804) (painted spiny lobster)
Pardachirus pavoninus (Lacepède, 1802) (peacock sole) Occurs on sand and mud bottoms of lagoon and seaward reefs . Burries itself in the sand . Feeds mainly on benthic invertebrates, especially small crustaceans . Extract from sac under the skin is toxic and the mucus appears to have shark-repellent qualities.

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