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  • Nº113 # Date: 2014-12-21 - 12:24
  • # Max Depth: 19.7m Duration: 61mins
Dive Profile
Dive Location
  • Temp: Surf 18°C Bottom 16°C
  • Dive type : Recreational
  • Visibility: Average Water: Salt
Specific gear used
  • Dry suit: Cressi Sub - Drylastic Viejo
  • Computer: Mares - Puck
  • Fins: Mares - Avanti Quattro
  • Regulator: Aqualung - Titan
  • BCD: Subacqua - Elite 1000
  • Weights: 10 kg
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  • L'Àmfora Centre D'immersió confirmed the dive with parameters: 19.7m / 61mins
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  • 1. Air
  • 12L Steel     200 → 60 bar
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  • Average depth: 12.4m
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Species Identified

Phycis phycis (Linnaeus, 1766) (lesser forkbeard) Found on hard and sandy-muddy bottoms near rocks at 100-650 m, but sometimes taken at greater depths . Nocturnal, hiding between rocks during the day . Feed on small fish and various invertebrates .
Muraena helena Linnaeus, 1758 (Mediterranean moray) A nocturnal and territorial species , commonly lurking in holes, and writhing snakelike through crevices, under rocks or corals. Feeds on fish, crabs and squid . It seldom attacks unless provoked . A gonochoristic speci...
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Scorpaena porcus Linnaeus, 1758 (Black scorpionfish)
Scorpaena notata Rafinesque, 1810 (Small red scorpionfish) Common in rocky littoral habitats. Feeds on crustaceans and small fishes . Flesh is tasty and used in making 'bouillabaisse' .
Sphyraena sphyraena (Linnaeus, 1758) (Mediterranean barracuda) Found in coastal and offshore waters . Feeds mostly on fish, less often on cephalopods and crustaceans .
Octopus vulgaris Cuvier, 1797 (common octopus) Like all cephalopods, the common octopus is an intelligent active predator . They have modified salivary glands that produce venom used to incapacitate prey. It is often easy to identify what a common octopus has been feed...
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Scorpaena elongata Cadenat, 1943 (Slender rockfish) Sedentary species which occurs in rocky areas . Feeds on fishes, shrimps and other benthic invertebrates .
Palinurus elephas (Fabricius, 1787) (common spiny lobster)
Diplodus sargus sargus (Linnaeus, 1758) (White seabream) Inhabits coastal rocky reef areas and Posidonia oceanica beds. Like other sparids, it is very active and frequents the surf zone, primarily at dawn . Feeds on shellfish and other benthic invertebrates which it picks from the sediment .

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