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  • Nº83 # Date: 2017-01-25 - 15:00
  • # Max Depth: 18.5m Duration: 57mins
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  • Dive type : Recreational, Deep dive, Drift, Reef
  • Visibility: Good Water: Salt
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  • Weights: 2 kg
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  • 12L Steel
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  • Average depth: 12.2m
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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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Laticauda colubrina SCHNEIDER 1799 (Colubrine or yellow-lipped sea krait)
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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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 .
Gymnothorax meleagris (Shaw, 1795) (Guinea moray eel)
Odonus niger (Rüppell, 1836) (Redtoothed triggerfish) Inhabits reef channels or along slopes that are subject to strong currents . Occur in current-swept seaward coral reefs. Usually form aggregations and feed on zooplankton as well as sponges . Juveniles associated with i...
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Vir philippinensis Bruce and Svoboda, 1984
Diodon hystrix Linnaeus, 1758 (Spot-fin porcupinefish)
Doryrhamphus dactyliophorus (Bleeker, 1853) (Ringed pipefish) Inhabits tide pools, lagoons, and outer reef slopes. Found in caves and crevices. Ovoviviparous . The male carries the eggs in a brood pouch which is found under the tail . Has been reared in captivity .
Zanclus cornutus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Moorish idol)
Aulostomus chinensis (Linnaeus, 1766) (Chinese trumpetfish) Found in clear, shallow water , in rocky and coral areas of protected and seaward reefs . Benthopelagic . Feeds on small fishes and shrimps . A slow-moving fish relying partly on stealth and camouflage to sneak up on unsuspecting prey. Often darts down vertically on its prey. Usually solitary .
Pseudoceros dimidiatus Graff, 1893 (flatworm)
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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