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Posted Wed 25 Jun 2008 by Kate

Blue maomao.

Blue maomao Scorpis violaceus
SIZE: 40cm
HABITAT: Reefs, often near archways.
DIET: Planktonic crustaceans, salps and larvae.
BEHAVIOUR: Form huge schools in archways and reef areas. They feed mid-water or at the surface and often joining trevally schools.

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Love the Blue Maomao screen-very cool. Planning to be up your way again early next year and bring my son and his fiance,who have been diving off the Mozambique/Tanzania/Zanzibar coast in the last month, to show off the Poor Knights.

By Bev Lorimer on 23 Dec 2009

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