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  • Nº65 # Date: 2017-01-19 - 14:56
  • # Max Depth: 20.7m Duration: 69mins
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  • Dive type : Recreational, Deep dive, Drift, Reef
  • Visibility: Average Water: Salt
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  • Weights: 2 kg
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  • 1. Nitrox 33
  • 12L Steel
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  • Average depth: 14.3m
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Species Identified

Taeniura lymma (Forsskål, 1775) (Bluespotted ribbontail ray) Blue-spotted stingrays live alone or in small groups , migrating in large schools into shallow sandy areas on the rising tide in order to feed, and dispersing back into the ocean as the tide falls to shelter in the coral c...
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Rastrelliger kanagurta (Cuvier, 1816) (Indian mackerel) Adults occur in coastal bays, harbors and deep lagoons, usually in some turbid plankton-rich waters. Form schools. Feed on phytoplankton and small zooplankton . Small groups were seen eating eggs of Cheilio inermis st...
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Gymnothorax fimbriatus (Bennett, 1832) (Fimbriated moray) Occurs in lagoons, reef flats and seaward reefs . Prefers protected inshore waters among dead corals, common in harbors and small caves . Probably nocturnal . Feeds on fishes and crustaceans . Possibly a protogynous hermaphrodite .
Gymnothorax javanicus (Bleeker, 1859) (Giant moray)
Gymnothorax thyrsoideus (Richardson, 1845) (slender moray) Fairly common inhabitant of reef flats where it is usually encountered in shallow tidal pools. Often in shipwrecks; usually in pairs or small aggregations, and shares habitat with other morays .
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.
Taenianotus triacanthus Lacepède, 1802 (Leaf scorpionfish)
Arothron nigropunctatus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) (Blackspotted puffer) Inhabit coastal to outer reef crest and slopes with rich invertebrate growth. Adults often in pairs . Feed on corals , crustaceans, mollusks, sponges, tunicates and algae . Generally common .
Vir philippinensis Bruce and Svoboda, 1984
Cymbacephalus beauforti (Knapp, 1973) (Crocodile fish) Lives on sand or rubble substrates of sheltered or semi-exposed reefs to a depth of at least 8 m . Well camouflaged on reefs .
Octopus cyanea Gray, 1849 (Big blue octopus)
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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Chromodoris annae Bergh 1877 (Anna's Chromodoris)
Abdopus abaculus (Norman & Sweeney, 1997)
Stenopus hispidus (Olivier, 1811) (banded coral shrimp)
Chromodoris kuniei (Kuni's nudibranch)
Chromodoris coi (Coi nudibranch)

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