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  • Nº24 # Date: 2015-12-23 - 10:30
  • # Max Depth: 29m Duration: 49mins
Diver's Notes

2 Kuhl's Stingrays
Whitespotted boxfish. one big titan triggerfish. Scorpion fish. Oriental and Adaman sweetlips. Masked porcupine fish.

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  • Surface interval:171 mins
  • Temp: Surf 30°C Bottom 29°C
  • Dive type : Recreational
  • Visibility: Good Water: Salt
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  • Weights: 4 kg
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Dive Profile

  • 1. Nitrox 32
  • 12L Aluminium     200 → 50 bar
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  • Average depth: 19.3m
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Species Identified

Balistoides viridescens (Bloch and Schneider, 1801) (Titan triggerfish) Occur in lagoon, seaward reefs and sheltered inner reef slopes . Juveniles often associated with isolated patches of branching coral or rubble of shallow sandy protected areas. Adults occur singly or in pairs on the slo...
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Plectorhinchus macrospilus Satapoomin and Randall, 2000
Scorpaenopsis vittapinna Randall & Eschmeyer, 2001 (Bigmouth scorpionfish) Inhabits coral reefs and areas with rubble bottom .
Neotrygon kuhlii (Müller & Henle, 1841) (Spotted stingray) A solitary species found on sandy bottoms near rocky or coral reefs . Usually found in deeper water but moves onto the reef flat and into shallow lagoons at high tide . Occasionally covers itself with sand, leaving only ...
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Plectorhinchus orientalis (Bloch, 1793) (oriental sweetlip) Inhabits seaward reefs. Juveniles occur in clear sheltered areas. Usually solitary but occasionally found in large groups .
Ostracion meleagris Shaw, 1796 (pahu)
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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