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  • Nº22 # Date: 1997-12-31 - 06:37
  • # Max Depth: 18m Duration: 37mins
Diver's Notes

Advanced Dive: Environmental Dive

Underwaterworld boat. Skipper: Howard

In - 06:37
Out - 7:15
Average depth - 14.3 m
Visability - ? m ->, ? m |

Very interesting dive? Must do this more often. Was given homework by Penny. Gave me the Latin name of 10 species and I had to get the common name, abundance. Saw 6 of the 10.
- 11 x Nudibranch
- 0 x Loggerhead turtle
- 0 x Powder Blue Surgeon Fish
- 1 x Blue Hump Head Parrot Fish
- 6 x Blue Streak Cleaner Wrasse
- 2 x Threadfin Butterfly Fish
- 6 x Moorish Idols
- 0 x Emperor Angel Fish
- 1000s x Sea Goldies
- 0 x Raggy Scorpion Fish

Eventually buddied with Penny when Jim ascended. Loads of green shrubbery. Launch was rough.

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  • Temp: Surf 24°C Bottom 24°C
  • Dive type : Training, Environmental
  • Visibility: Good Water: Salt
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  • Weights: 8 kg
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  • 1. Air
  • 12L Steel     200 → 60 bar
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  • Average depth: 12m
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Sparisoma aurofrenatum (Valenciennes, 1840) (Black parrot) Inhabits coral reefs, young usually in adjacent seagrass beds. Often rests on the bottom . Feeds on plants. Solitary or in small groups. A protogynous hermaphrodite .
Labroides dimidiatus (Valenciennes, 1839) (Bluestreak cleaner wrasse) Inhabits coral rich areas of inner lagoons and subtidal reef flats to seaward reefs . Feeds on crustacean ectoparasites and mucus of other fishes . Monogamous . A protogynous hermaphrodite . Stays in stations where oth...
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Zanclus cornutus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Moorish idol)
Chaetodon auriga Forsskål, 1775 (Cross-stripe butterfly)

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