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  • Nº151 # Date: 2009-07-15 - 19:55
  • # Max Depth: 20m Duration: 60mins
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Wow Night dive, sea moths, free swimming moray, octopus, stargazer, some odd eel, very big overly friendly lion fish, shrimps, and a textile cone shell or two.

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Uranoscopus sulphureus Valenciennes, 1832 (Whitemargin stargazer) Inhabits reef flats and coastal bottoms but is rarely seen because it lies buried in sand or mud most of the time, with only the eyes showing. When buried, the cirri on the edge of the mouth serve to keep out the sand du...
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Eurypegasus draconis (Linnaeus, 1766) (Short dragonfish) Inhabit lagoons often among algal or seagrass beds . Found on sand or silt bottoms, frequently in bays or estuaries . They are opportunistic feeders that collect mainly epifaunal and interstitial invertebrate prey, e.g.,...
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Ophichthus polyophthalmus Bleeker, 1864 (Many-eyed snake-eel) Inhabits sand near coral reefs .

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