SCUBA News 209
(ISSN 1476-8011)
24 October 2017
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SCUBA News (ISSN 1476-8011)
Issue 209 - October 2017
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Contents:
► What's new at SCUBA Travel?
► Creature of the Month: Crocodie Fish
► Liveaboard Deals
► Diving news from around the World





What's New at SCUBA Travel?
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Marine Life - The Creatures of the Month We're gathering together all our Creatures of the Month |
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Where are the Top 10 Dives in the World? Thanks to your votes, we've reordered the list of the world's best dive sites.
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One of the best dives in the world is the wreck of the Yongala in Australia - what else does the country have to offer? |
Creature of the Month: The Crocodile Fish or Carpet Flathead (Papilloculiceps longiceps)
Commonly known as the crocodile fish, the carpet or tentacled flathead lives on sand and rubble near coral heads - although you might also find it in patches of seagrass. A widespread species, it ranges from the Red Sea to Durban, to the Seychelles and Madagascar. You may also come across it in the Mediterranean, where it is has entered via the Suez canal. Look out for it at quite shallow depths: between 1 and 15 m.
The flatheads are flattened fishes. They have two dorsal fins and bony ridges and spines on their heads. The body is mottled above, whitish below. The crocodile fish grows as large as 70 cm. It eats small fish.
It is a very placid fish which, confident in its camouflage, lets you approach closely. Although related to scorpion fish it is harmless.
Photo credits: Tim Nicholson
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Diving News From Around the World
Our round up of the best underwater news stories of the past month. For breaking news see our Twitter page or RSS feed
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Whales and dolphins have rich human-like cultures and societies
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Aqua Lung want to check your ADC Yoke Regulator
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Washing our Hands of Microbeads
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Kittiwake wreck toppled onto side after tropical storm
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Trade in silky and thresher sharks now to be strictly regulated
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Diver finds British Vickers Wellington bomber in warplane graveyard off Sicily
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Proposal would offer tax breaks to ocean-friendly restaurants in Honolulu
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Smoking ban planned at 20 Thailand Beaches Smoking will soon be banned on 20 popular tourist beaches in Thailand which have been found to be constantly littered with huge numbers of discarded cigarette butts, according to the chief of marine and coastal resources. |
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Mexicos's Revillagigedo marine reserve will be the largest in North America
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Photo credits: Tim Nicholson, Rick Tesoro, Postlethwaite, Liveaboard.com
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