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  • Nº64 # Date: 2017-01-19 - 12:27
  • # Max Depth: 23.7m Duration: 63mins
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  • Temp: Surf 30°C Bottom 27°C
  • Dive type : Recreational, Deep dive, Drift, Reef
  • Visibility: Average Water: Salt
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  • Weights: 3 kg
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  • 1. Nitrox 33
  • 12L Steel
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  • Average depth: 15.8m
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Species Identified

Achaeus japonicus (De Haan, 1839) (Orangutang crab)
Chromodoris willani Rudman, 1982 (willan's chromodoris)
Chromodoris annae Bergh 1877 (Anna's Chromodoris)
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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Platax teira (Forsskål, 1775) (Tiera batfish) Large adults live in sheltered bays as well as deep offshore. Commonly found around shipwrecks in small groups and occasionally forms large schools. Small juveniles with floating debris and form aggregations as they find ...
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Caesio teres Seale, 1906 (Yellow and blueback fusilier) Found primarily around coral reefs, with a preference for coralline lagoons. Feeds on zooplankton in large midwater groups. Forms schools with other caesionids. Migrates to select areas around the reef to spawn near the...
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Rhinomuraena quaesita Garman, 1888 (Ribbon moray) Occur in lagoon and seaward reefs. Secretive species normally hidden in sand or rubble, sometimes with only its head protruding. Feed on small fishes . Juveniles all black, males have yellow dorsal fin and females chang...
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Phyllidiopsis shireenae Brunckhorst, 1990 (Shireen's Phyllidiopsis)
Gymnothorax meleagris (Shaw, 1795) (Guinea moray eel)
Heteroconger hassi (Klausewitz & Eibl-Eibesfeldt, 1959) (Spotted garden-eel) Often found on sandy slopes below 15 m; withdraws into its burrow when approached. Usually in colonies containing up to several hundred individuals.
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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Nemateleotris magnifica Fowler, 1938 (Fire goby) Inhabits upper portions of outer reef slopes . Benthopelagic . Hovers above the bottom, facing the current to feed on zooplankton, copepods, and crustacean larvae. Several individuals may share the same hole . Has a ha...
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Scorpaenopsis oxycephala (Bleeker, 1849) (Tassled scorpionfish) Inhabits clear-water outer reef slopes and channels from depths of 1 to at least 35 m, in areas with mixed rock and coral substrates. Venomous spines.
Ostracion meleagris Shaw, 1796 (pahu)
Malacanthus latovittatus (Lacepède, 1801) (Blue blanquillo) Found on outer reef slopes, hovering above the bottom. They swim often high above the substrate to pick prey from the substrate with their excellent eyesight . Tends to swim away from its pursuer rather than enter its burrow . Solitary or in pairs , adults form monogamous pairs .
Remora remora (Linnaeus, 1758) (Common remora) Usually associated with sharks but also attaches itself to other large fishes, sea turtles and even ships ; found in gill chambers, fins and body surface . Sometimes free-swimming . Younger individual is more active as parasite pickers . Feeds on parasitic copepods .
Neopetrolisthes maculatus (H. Milne Edwards, 1837) (porcelain anemone crab)
Vir philippinensis Bruce and Svoboda, 1984

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