Despite the reef’s many challenges (stoney coral tissue loss disease, bleaching, cyanobacteria mat and black band disease), which is honestly impacting reefs all across the Caribbean, we continue to find terrific dive spots and uncommon animals all around the island. Here are just a few of the creatures we saw.
* Remora
* Purple-Crowned Sea Goddess (nudibranch)
* Rainbow Parrotfish (intermediate phase)
* Lined Seahorse
* Longsnout Seahorse
* Spotting Goby
* Bar Jack Herding a Box Crab
* Bluehead Wrasse Mating
* Sponge Peppermint Shrimp
* Peppermint Basslet
* Horse-Eye Jacks (huge school)
* Roostertail Conch
* Ciliate False Squilla (mantis)
* Atlantic Creolefish with Cymothoid Isopods
* Fileclam
* Bluespotted Cornetfish
* Golden Coney
* Rock Hind
* Batwing Coral Crab
* Yellowtail Parrotfish
UNCOMMON SEA LIFE AND FIRST TIME CAPTURE IDENTIFICATION
We primarily use two sources to validate sea life we don’t recognize. The first is Florent's Guide To TheTropical Reefs which can be found at [ Ссылка ]. Its free and has lots of pictures, but is not comprehensive. The second is “The Reef Set: Reef Fish, Reef Creature and Reef Coral (3 Volumes)”. The box set can be found on Amazon; however with all our travels, we also purchased the eBooks ([ Ссылка ]) so we don’t have to carry an extra five pounds of paper in our luggage. :-) We also reference other sources from time to time as well.
Here are some links to more information/images about animals from this video.
* Purple-Crowned Sea Goddess - [ Ссылка ]
* Lined Seahorse - [ Ссылка ]
* Sponge Peppermint Shrimp - [ Ссылка ]
* Roostertail Conch - [ Ссылка ]
* Cymothoid Isopod - [ Ссылка ]
* Bluespotted Cornetfish - [ Ссылка ]
* Batwing Coral Crab - [ Ссылка ]
CAMERA EQUIPMENT
* Underwater Camera - iPhone 14/15 Pro Max
* Underwater Housing - Divevolk Seatouch 4 Max
* Underwater Lights - Kraken Hydra 8000 WRGBU
* Camera App - iOS Camera App/ Black Magic Camera App
