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  • Nº74 # Date: 2017-01-23 - 09:00
  • # Max Depth: 28.2m Duration: 60mins
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  • Dive type : Recreational, Deep dive, Reef
  • Water: Salt
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  • Weights: 2 kg
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Dive Profile

  • 1. Nitrox 32
  • 12L Steel
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  • Average depth: 14.1m
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Species Identified

Sepia latimanus Quoy and Gaimard, 1832 (Broadclub cuttlefish)
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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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 .
Diodon hystrix Linnaeus, 1758 (Spot-fin porcupinefish)
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 .
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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Achaeus japonicus (De Haan, 1839) (Orangutang crab)
Vir philippinensis Bruce and Svoboda, 1984
Pteraeolidia ianthina (Angas 1864) (blue dragon nudibranch)
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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Gymnothorax flavimarginatus (Rüppell, 1830) (Yellow-edged moray)
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.

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