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Striped boarfish (Evistias acutirostris) rare and normally found in pairs or small groups this large aggregation of 38 individuals is truly a remarkable sight and certainly the same group Malcolm Francis recorded in 1990. Pictured off the southern point,on the largest Milne Islet off the Coast of Raoul Island during the Kermadec Islands Biodiscovery Expedition, a project led by the Auckland Museum in conjunction with the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, Australian Museum, and the Department of Conservation.
Sunday 15 May 2011
Photograph Richard Robinson ©2011
Dive Number: 340
Dive Buddy:
Site: Southern point of the large Island of the Milne Islets off Raoul Island in the Kermadec Islands.
Temperature: 22 Degrees Celsius.
Maximum Depth: 28.2 meters.
Bottom Time: 42 minutes.
Bottom Time to Date: 21,319 minutes.
Cumulative Time: 21,361 minutes
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Evistias acutirostris (Striped boarfish)
Striped boarfish (Evistias acutirostris) rare and normally found in pairs or small groups this large aggregation of 38 individuals is truly a remarkable sight and certainly the same group Malcolm Francis recorded in 1990. Pictured off the southern point,on the largest Milne Islet off the Coast of Raoul Island during the Kermadec Islands Biodiscovery Expedition, a project led by the Auckland Museum in conjunction with the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, Australian Museum, and the Department of Conservation.<br /> Sunday 15 May 2011<br /> Photograph Richard Robinson ©2011<br /> Dive Number: 340<br /> Dive Buddy: <br /> Site: Southern point of the large Island of the Milne Islets off Raoul Island in the Kermadec Islands.<br /> Temperature: 22 Degrees Celsius.<br /> Maximum Depth: 28.2 meters.<br /> Bottom Time: 42 minutes.<br /> Bottom Time to Date: 21,319 minutes.<br /> Cumulative Time: 21,361 minutes