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  • Nº11 # Date: 2012-12-21 - 11:05
  • # Max Depth: 18.7m Duration: 52mins
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  • Temp: Bottom 25°C
  • Dive type : Recreational
  • Visibility: Excellent Water: Salt
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Barbus mattozi Guimarães, 1884 (Papermouth) Naturally occurring in large pools of cooler perennial rivers; thrives in man-made impoundments. An active predator which feeds initially on small planktonic crustaceans and insects; later feeds on small fishes when they ...
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Iracundus signifer Jordan & Evermann, 1903 (Decoy scorpionfish) Found on sand and rubble under ledges of seaward reefs . Benthic . The dorsal fin mimics a tiny fish and is used as a lure . Anterolateral glandular groove with venom gland .
Lutjanus bengalensis (Bloch, 1790) (Bengal snapper) Mainly inhabits coral and rocky reefs . Sometimes forms small aggregations around rocky outcrops and coral heads during daylight hours. Feeds on fishes and crustaceans .
Gymnothorax eurostus (Abbott, 1860) (Abbott's moray eel) Benthic in crevices .
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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Canthigaster bennetti (Bleeker, 1854) (Bennett's sharpnose puffer) Inhabits inner reef flats and sheltered lagoons. A common inshore species, often on algal or silty reefs and among attached Sargassum on shallow rubble flats . Feeds mainly on filamentous green algae and to a lesser exte...
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