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  • Nº18 # Date: 2017-12-10 - 20:30
  • # Max Depth: 7m Duration: 64mins
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  • Surface interval:66 mins
  • Temp: Surf 21°C Bottom 21°C
  • Dive type : Training, Night dive
  • Visibility: Average Water: Salt
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  • Weights: 9 kg
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  • 12L Steel     210 → 80 bar
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  • Average depth: 4.7m
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Species Identified

Sepia apama Gray, 1849 (Australian giant cuttlefish)
Fistularia commersonii Rüppell, 1838 (Bluespotted cornetfish)
Orectolobus maculatus (Bonnaterre, 1788) (Wobbegong) The sluggish spotted wobbegong spends much of its day lying motionless on the bottom or hidden in caves, under overhangs or in shipwrecks. At night, the shark becomes more active, and swims, or moves about the sea floor, ...
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Opisthoteuthis persephone Berry, 1918 (Octopus)
Scorpaena cardinalis Solander & Richardson, 1842 (Red rock cod) Inhabits rocks, crevices and caverns at all depths. Occasionally found in large rock pools in the lower littoral zone. Is nocturnally active and feeds mainly on small mobile benthic animals. Stalks its prey and swallows it whole .
Monacanthus chinensis (Osbeck, 1765) (Fan-bellied leatherjacket) Inhabits estuaries and on coastal and offshore reefs ; also on weed bottoms and on trawling grounds. Found on muddy or silty substrates . Is an omnivore which feeds mainly on seagrass, algae, gammarid amphipods and carid...
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Trachinops taeniatus Günther, 1861 (Eastern hulafish) Occurs inshore near reefs .
Enoplosus armatus (White, 1790) (Bastard dory) Juveniles live in estuaries while adults occur in estuaries and on inshore and offshore rocky reefs and seagrass beds . Found either in large schools, in pairs or as solitary individuals . Neither anterolateral glandular groove nor venom gland is present .
Gymnothorax prasinus (Richardson, 1848) (Yellow moray) Stays in holes and crevices. Feeds mainly on crabs and fish .
Eubalichthys mosaicus (Ramsay & Ogilby, 1886) (Mosaic leatherjacket) Adults are found on deep offshore reefs down to about 140 m, while juveniles occur in estuaries and on coastal reefs .
Aulopus purpurissatus Richardson, 1843 (Sergeant baker)
Dicotylichthys punctulatus Kaup, 1855 (Three-barred porcupinefish) Found in estuarine, coastal and offshore reefs to a depth of 50 m. Nocturnal and solitary. Feeds on hard-shelled invertebrates. Not usually marketed.
Achoerodus gouldii (Richardson, 1843) (Western blue groper) Occurs on the continental shelf . Inhabits rocky areas and feeds on small crabs, fish, mollusks and starfish .
Myliobatis aquila (Linnaeus, 1758) (Common eagle ray) Found in shallow lagoons , bays and estuaries; also offshore down to at least 95 m . Often found in groups . Feeds on benthic crustaceans, mollusks and fish. Ovoviviparous . Gestation period of 6-8 months, the females ...
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Tetractenos glaber (Fréminville, 1813) (Smooth toadfish) Found on coastal bays on sandy flats, often in very large schools, entering fresh water in estuaries .
Trygonoptera testacea Müller and Henle, 1841 (stingaree) Found in sandy beaches and reefs but also well offshore. May venture well upstream in estuaries . Feeds on worms, crustaceans, bony fishes, and other stingarees .
Microcanthus strigatus (Cuvier, 1831) (Butterflyfish) Inhabits coastal and lagoon reefs . Found in dense aggregations under ledges and in caves during the day . Benthopelagic . Young feeds on small crustaceans and algae .

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