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  • Nº20 # Date: 2000-12-26 - 11:00
  • # Max Depth: 20m Duration: 44mins
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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 .
Pterois volitans (Linnaeus, 1758) (Red lionfish)
Remora remora (Linnaeus, 1758) (Common remora) Usually associated with sharks but also attaches itself to other large fishes, sea turtles and even ships ; found in gill chambers, fins and body surface . Sometimes free-swimming . Younger individual is more active as parasite pickers . Feeds on parasitic copepods .
Gomphosus caeruleus Lacepède, 1801 (Checkerboard wrasse) Inhabits coral-rich areas of lagoon and seaward reefs . Also in rocky reefs . Feeds on small invertebrates .
Coris aygula Lacepède, 1801 (Clown wrasse) Occurs in the vicinity of sand or rubble patches of exposed outer reef flats, lagoon reefs, and seaward reefs , often in semi-exposed surge zones . Adults solitary. Juveniles common in shallow tide pools . Feeds mainly ...
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