San Salvador Island, Bahamas

by Don Chesnut ©2005

     I accompanied Dr. Frank Ettersohn along with his classes to study the carbonate environments of San Salvador Island, the Bahamas (Google Map). The following are descriptions and links to photographs while I was exploring the island. Or you may just want to view the photographs in the thumbnail directory (no maps or descriptions).

Getting there

• Harry Kreuger's Beechcraft, we flew from Lexington to Ft. Lauderdale
• same view, cold, rainy, windy weather
• same view
• inside Harry's plane
• same, I'm holding the camera to take our picture
• getting on a Red Airlines Beechcraft at Fort Lauderville to fly to San Salvador Island, Bahamas
• getting on the plane
• boarding the DC-3 in Ft. Lauderdale to fly to San Salvador Island
• DC-3
• same view
• getting on one of Red's Airlines' planes in Ft. Lauderdale
• same view
• onboard one of Red's smaller planes
• view of Ft. Lauderdale airport after takeoff
• beach at Ft. Lauderdale, heading east
• over the Florida Straits
• looking down through shallow water at underwater carbonate sand dunes, Bahamas Platform
• underwater (subaqueous) tidal or storm channels cutting through a subaqueous carbonate sand bar, Bahamas Platform
• subaqueous channels and extensive deposit of carbonate sand, all under water
• tidal channel cutting across carbonate sand shoals, darker patches are islands (i.e. subaerial)
• tidal channel and tidal channel mouthbar adjacent to low island, Bahamas Platform
• reefs and patch reefs and surrounding light carbonate sand, all subaqueous
• island and tidal channel, through the clouds
• island at left, shallow sea with carbonate sand, Bahamas Platform
• carbonate sand shoals, subaqueous
• underwater, parallel dunes, carbonate sand, Bahamas Platform
• subaqueous dunes and Thalassia grass flats
• white sand shoals of the Bahamas Platform
• just above cloud layer
• approaching San Salvador Island
• Riding Rock Point and Bonefish Bay
• lakes in northern part of island, Northwest Arm Lake, Flamingo Lake and Little Lake, plane over Cockburn Town
• Little Lake and Great Lake (northern part of Great Lake is also known as Long Lake)
• same lakes, another image
• Long Lake
• same lake
• triangular land separates Little Lake (in background) from Long Lake, looking towards Cockburn Town
• looking south, Six Pack Pond on extreme left, northern and southern part of Great Lake in middle

Research Station

• faculty apartment at CCFL Research Station, Anne and I stayed here
• Ken Gill at CCFL
• Margaret, Joe and a local playing cards in the Rec
• playing cards in the Rec
• kids in the Rec
• unidentified student? at the Rec
• kids playing cards, dark photo (my little flash just wasn't strong enough)
• playing dominos
• serious domino player
• looking at magazines
• magazines
• hand whistling
• me hand whistling

Transportation

• the Meat Wagon
• the Wagon
• getting off the Meat Wagon to hike
• long, bouncy road back in Meat Wagon, east side of island
• same view
• inside our van
• same view

Grahams Harbour and North Point

• walking from Research Station to initial snorkeling site at Grahams Harbour
• abandoned building near first dive
• same building
• group picture at empty building near Grahams Harbour, Frank Ettensohn on right
• another group picture, Harry Kreuger is on right
• same group
• gearing up for first snorkeling stop; many have never snorkeled
• first snorkel experience at Grahams Harbour
• in the water, same place
• Beth Ettensohn and Beth's mother, same place
• diving spot, Graham Harbour?
• Anne, same place
• Anne, same view
• Anne, same view
• rock exposure on North Point and Grahams Harbour
• same place, small cave
• trail on North Point, note lack of trees, only scrub, Ann Shreiber
• top of North Point
• North Point, Rice Bay on the right
• Grahams Harbour side (leeward side) of North Point, looking north, note smaller waves
• Cut Cay and artificial cut across North Point
• old shipwreck at North Point and Rice Bay
• another view of shipwreck
• shipwreck at North Point
• shipwreck at North Point
• shipwreck at North Point
• shipwreck at North Point
• shipwreck at North Point
• shipwreck at North Point
• shipwreck at North Point, Gene Parker captain
• shipwreck at North Point
• shipwreck at North Point
• beach at Graham Harbour, across from CCFL research station, unknown person
• same view, very peaceful water, we did a night dive here one night (no photos though)

Cockburn Town (pronounced Coeburn Town)

• Cockburn Town jail {pronounced Coeburn Town)
• church in Cockburn Town
• dwelling in Cockburn Town
• Cockburn Town intersection
• a fellow and his baby, same image
• Jake Jones Food Store, Cockburn Town
• cute kids near the store
• same kids
• Durette's Grocery Store
• kids at Durette's
• kids, same place
• mother and child at Durette's
• street going through Cockburn Town
• dwellings in town
• The Rip, Cockburn Town
• another dwelling in town
• nice dwelling in town
• another dwelling close to the intersection
• girls from Cockburn Town
• same girls
• a shop in town

Inland lakes near Cockburn Town

• hiking to one of our stops
• Long Lake, photo from observation tower (Long Lake is northern arm of Great Lake)
• same lake
• same view
• same view
• Little Lake shell beach and mangroves
• Little Lake shell beach, Charlie Mason in white cap
• shell beach, high abundance, low diversity mollusks, gastropod Batillaria minima and pelecypods Anomalocardia and Pseudocyrena
• same shell concentration
• shell beach at Long Lake, gastropod Batillaria minima
• pelecypods Anomalocardia and Pseudocyrena concentrated in shell beach
• karstic chimney

Cockburn Town Fossil Reef

• Cockburn Town dock?
• view from Cockburn Town
• same view
• rough surf at Cockburn Town fossil reef, north of dock
• rough surf, same place
• same place
• same place, looking opposite direction, south
• Martina and sponge "feather" in her cap
• Cockburn Town fossil reef??
• Frank Ettensohn at Cockburn Town boat ramp
• Frank telling us what we're going to do
• Cockburn Town fossil reef
• walking through brush to get to fossil reef
• Joe at edge of outcrop
• Harry negotiation narrow part of path
• crab (dead) and fossil coral, same place, staged
• Ann Shreiber at fossil reef
• same view
• outcrop of Cockburn Town fossil reef
• same outcrop
• same place
• Joe found something, same place
• same view
• fossil reef outcrop
• Joan Esterle and Peter Warwick, same place
• Effie Grossnickel, same place
• Cockburn Town fossil reef, better weather
• my son Donald at fossil reef
• on the fossil reef
• Donald, same reef
• fossil reef outcrop
• Dan Phelps and fossil reef
• Ophiomorpha burrow by callianassid shrimp in reef limestone, same place

Fernandez Bay

• getting ready for another snorkel dive, probably Fernandez Bay?
• same view, can't tell for sure where it is
• snorkel diver

Grotto Beach

• Grotto Beach, dive area at shelter house and pretty bay
• same area
• the shelter house, note dark patch reefs and shallow white sand areas
• same shelter house
• wave spashing at rock wall in the little bay at Grotto Beach
• rock wall at Grotto Beach
• shelter house from rock wall
• Grotto Bay
• where sand beach meets rock wall, Grotto Beach
• Grotto Bay, very windy week

Watling Castle Quarry

• trail to Watling quarry?
• same trail, Alma Hale
• Watling quarry
• Watling Castle Quarry
• same quarry
• same quarry
• Watling's Castle quarry
• Watling quarry, very bad weather that week, all the way from Kentucky to the Bahamas, windy and cold
• rhizocretions exposed in limestone at the quarry
• same view
• subaerial crusts in limestone at quarry
• dipping beds of eolian carbonate-sand limestone, quarry

Roadcut near Grotto Beach

• roadcut near Grotto Bay
• same roadcut, Alma Hale

French Bay

• very sharp, treacherous limestone, corroded, French Bay?
• sharp limestone with hammer for scale
• chiton on wall of tidal pool-pothole
• rough surf and limestone, French Bay?
• same place
• rough surf, same place
• rough surf
• looking down at rough surf, hand to protect camera from salt spray
• sea cliff and rough surf
• surf area, note the color bands above the surf
• rough surf and sea cliff
• crabs fighting, really staged fight with dead crabs
• looking over bay, Gene Parker, French Bay?
• Ann Schreiber (now Childress)
• resting after tiring dive in rough surf
• resting, same place
• resting, same place, Clark

Pigeon Creek Lake

• Pigeon Creek Lake?, shallow lake and mangrove flats
• same view
• wading across the salty muck, Pigeon Creek lake/tidal flat
• same place, abundant mangroves
• wading through mangrove, need to rescan
• wading Pigeon Creek lake
• mangroves at Pigeon Creek lake, Ann Schreiber
• Frank and Alma walking through the muck and mangroves, same place
• wading through the muck, Pigeon Creek lake
• same place
• same place
• student and Ann Schreiber's mom, same place
• Ann Schreiber at Granny Lake?
• geologist, I don't remember, same place
• geologist, I don't remember, same place
• group picture, Granny Lake?
• group picture, need to rescan
• group picture
• modern Strombus gigas midden
• walking back through the mangroves
• same place
• peat sample collected by Joan Esterle
• Pigeon Creek tidal flat?, low tide

Pigeon Creek tidal channel

• Pigeon Creek tidal channel?
• same tidal channel
• Pigeon Creek tidal channel
• dock at Pigeon Creek tidal channel
• time for sun screen, getting ready to snorkel through the tidal channel at Pigeon Creek
• putting on sun screen for next dive, Pigeon Creek area?
• Pigeon Creek tidal channel?
• Sergeant major, Abudefduf saxatilis, Pigeon Creek tidal channel
• mangrove roots, Pigeon Creek tidal channel
• strong tidal current, turbid water, ebb flow, Pigeon Creek tidal channel
• difficult to keep in one position with strong tidal current, Pigeon Creek tidal channel
• Codakia bivalve pavement at bottom of scoured trough in tidal channel, note that all valves are convex upward, Pigeon Creek tidal channel
• Halimeda-grained sand along tidal channel, Pigeon Creek tidal channel
• Halimeda, Udotea, Penicillus and Thalassia grass, Pigeon Creek tidal channel
• note bent Thalassia grass, strong tidal current, Pigeon Creek tidal channel
• carbonate sand encroaching upon Thalassia grass, near Pigeon Creek tidal delta
• school of tiny fish over grass flat, near Pigeon Creek tidal delta
• Goniolithon coralline algae and Thalassia grass, near Pigeon Creek tidal delta

Pigeon Creek quarry

• dwellings
• dwelling
• dwellings on east side, on way back to CCFL
• more dwellings, rocky soil
• main road on east side of island, driving north, friendly lady, at Pigeon Creek quarry
• Joan, Pete and friendly lady
• Pigeon Creek quarry
• same place
• same quarry
• Ophiomorpha burrow made by callianassid shrimp, Pigeon Creek quarry?

Storr's Lake

• Conrad Newman, Storr's Lake, smells like sewage
• Conrad Newman, Storr's Lake
• Conrad groping for thrombolite
• Conrad Newman with cyanobacterial thrombolite, Storr's Lake
• Conrad going underwater to get another thrombolite, lake smells like sewage or hydrogen sulfide
• wet Conrad with thrombolite
• wet Conrad with thrombolite, I retrieved one also, it is at KGS
• thrombolite
• Conrad with thrombolite
• Donald with thrombolite
• Ann Watson with thrombolite
• unusual bedding, don't remember where
• unusual bedding, don't remember where
• upwelling water in tidal flat, dewatering structure or spring?

Dixon Hill Lighthouse

• view of Dixon Settlements from Dixon Hill Lighthouse
• Dixon Hill Lighthouse
• caretaker's house at lighthouse
• view of Dixon Settlements from top of lighthouse
• view from Dixon Hill Lighthouse, looking north
• same view
• Ann Shreiber at top of Lighthouse
• Alma Hale, same place

Lighthouse Cave

• Lighthouse cave, my cousin Joe and some of the geology students
• Lighthouse cave, my cousin Joe and some of the geology students
• Ann, Peter and Clark in the cave
• our group in the cave for a group picture
• group picture
• group picture
• group picture
• another group picture
• Frank, our leader, Harry (Joe's father-in-law), Ann Schreiber's mother and Clark
• Clark, Lighthouse cave
• group picture in the cave
• group picture, cave
• Joe (my cousin), in Lighthouse cave
• Patrick and Joe in the cave
• group picture in the cave
• group picture in the cave, dark
• Patrick? in cave
• Patrick, cave
• our group in Lighthouse cave
• our group in the cave
• our group, Lighthouse cave

Boy Scouts

• Boy Scouts of San Salvador Island, Joe and Frank and I reviewed the troop
• Boy Scouts (equivalent anyway) of San Salvador Island, we revued the troop
• same scout troop, Don Gerace was scoutmaster, Joe, Frank and I inspected the troop (we were scoutmasters from Kentucky)
• Joe and Frank inspecting uniforms
• same troop
• sharp uniforms
• Joe and Frank and troop playing British Bulldog

People, etc.

• view of bay from hill?
• same view
• man-made enclosure at unknown bay
• two geologists and a palm tree, don't know where, one is Ann Schreiber
• a home
• total relaxation
• relaxation, must have been after cold swim at French Bay??
• geology student
• two geologists, Ann Schreiber on right
• two geologists, out of focus
• Mrs. Schreiber, Joe Westbrook and Ann Schreiber at Riding Rock Inn
• same place
• Joe, same place
• same view
• same view
• view from Riding Rock Inn porch
• Mrs. Schreiber, same place
• same view, Mrs. Schreiber
• my son Donald
• Donald
• Donald with camera
• Donald
• the main road crosses the landing strip
• Charlie Mason's friend

Underwater pictures

• you never can tell what you'll see underwater, Alma Hale
• two geologists disturbing the Thalassia grass flat
• I have no idea, but it's Joan Esterle and Peter Warwick
• Joe diving down
• my son Donald, Fernandez Bay?
• Donald
• Donald
• Donald, underwater
• Ann Schreiber Childress
• diver, clear water
• diving group, unidentified
• unusually murky water, can't tell who diver is
• algae, grass, etc
• abundant algae, anemones, and sponges, Grahams Harbour
• small coral head (in back) and abundant algae and sponges, Grahams Harbour
• abundant small coral heads and a dark sponge, Grahams Harbour
• corals and algae, Grahams Harbour, near the Coast Guard dock
• red coralline algae, a Diadema sea urchin and an anemone, Grahams Harbour
• variety of algae
• variety of algae
• algae and small knobs of coral
• Goniolithon coralline algae and Thalassia grass
• Goniolithon and a small coral head
• very shallow water, same place, Acetabularia?
• algae, may be Acetabularia
• variety of algae including Penicillus and Udotea
• Halimeda, Penicillus and other algae
• Halimeda and Penicillus algae
• Penicillus and Udotea algae
• Udotea algae
• Halimeda, Udotea, Penicillus and Thalassia grass, Pigeon Creek tidal channel
• whelk? egg cases in Manatee grass, Syringodium filiforme
• Thalassia grass flat
• Thalassia grass flat, dark photo, turbid
• Thalassia grass flat against rock with soft corals, probably Grahams Harbour
• Thalassia grass flat against rock with soft corals, probably Grahams Harbour
• sponges (Porifera)
• a knobby sponge and sea anemone
• sponges, sea anemones and Penicillus algae
• large vase sponge, Verongia gigantea?, Fernandez Bay, fairly deep water
• large vase sponge, Verongia?, large enough to climb into, about 40' depth
• corals, hydrozoans, gorgonians, etc. (Cnidaria)
• Millepora, fire coral or stinging coral
• Millepora
• Millepora squarosa? on the left and some kind of brain coral on the right, can't see enough detail
• Millepora?
• Millepora, dark photo
• Millepora and coral, dark photo
• Millepora
• Millepora and algae
• sea fan, Gorgonia ventalina
• sea fan, Gorgonia ventalina, probably Grahams Harbour
• sea fans and a parrotfish, Scarus sp.
• sea fans and a parrotfish, Scarus sp.
• sea fans and a little blue fish
• sea fans and small coral heads, probably Grahams Harbour
• sea fan and turbid water
• Sea Fans
• soft coral, unidentified
• variety of soft corals and a fish
• variety of soft coral
• variety of soft corals, Grahams Harbour
• soft coral
• soft coral
• Pseudopterogorgia gorgonian with pink Flamingo Tongue snail, Cyphoma gibbosum
• Staghorn coral, Acropora cervicornis
• Elkhorn coral, Acropora palmata, these grow in the heavy surf part of the reef, probably French Bay
• Elkhorn coral, Acropora palmata
• Elkhorn coral, Acropora palmata, and Stoplight Parrotfish, Sparisoma viride
• Elkhorn coral, Acropora palmata
• Brain coral head
• overgrown or weathered coral
• Alma Hale with coral
• variety of coral, algae and a parrotfish
• small corals (yellow)
• small coral knobs and algae
• variety of small coral heads
• sea anemones and a small shrimp with the same markings as a Nassau grouper
• sea anemone
• worms, etc. ("Vermes")
• Featherduster worms, Sabellastarte magnifica
• molluscs
• Queen conch, Strobus gigas, in Thalassia grass flat
• Queen Conch, Strombus gigas on carbonate sand, near Pigeon Creek tidal delta
• Joe holding live Queen Conch, Strombus gigas, near Pigeon Creek tidal delta
• whelk? egg cases in Manatee grass, Syringodium filiforme
• Tulip Snail in Thalassia grass flat
• chiton
• sea urchins, starfish, etc. (Echinodermata)
• large West Indian Sea Star, Oreaster reticulatus, probably from Thalassia grass flat
• large West Indian Sea Star, Oreaster reticulatus
• Diadema sea urchin and a brittle star, out of focus
• unknown sea cuccumber in Thalassia grass flat
• a brittle star, out of focus
• brittle star, out of focus
• lobsters, crabs, shrimp, etc (Arthropoda)
• Slipper Lobster, Scyllarides aequinoctialis, aka Spanish Lobster
• Spiny Lobster, Panulirus argus, with several immature Bluehead Wrasse, Thalassoma bifasciatum
• very large Hermit Crab (terrestrial), could be Petrochirus diogenes,  in very large West Indian Turban shell, path to Lighthouse cave
• Fish (Pisces)
• Southern Stingray, Dasyatis americana
• Southern Stingray, Dasyatis americana
• Southern Stingray, Dasyatis americana
• Yellow Stingray, Urolophus jamaicensis, Pigeon Creek tidal channel
• Yellow Stingray, Urolophus jamaicensis, Pigeon Creek tidal channel
• Yellow Stingray, Urolophus jamaicensis
• Great Barracuda, Sphyraena barracuda, in turbid water
• pair of Great Barracudas, Sphyraena barracuda
• Great Barracuda, Sphyraena barracuda
• pair of Trumpetfish, Aulostomus maculatus, dock at Grahams Harbour
• Sand Tilefish, Malacanthus plumieri
• Squirrelfish of some type
• Squirrelfish? under rock overhang
• small Squirrelfish, Holocentrus,  over anemone
• another Squirrelfish, Holocentrus
• Longspine Squirrelfish, Holocentrus rufus
• Longspine Squirrelfish, Holocentrus rufus
• Longspine Squirrelfish, Holocentrus rufus
• Longspine Squirrelfish, Holocentrus rufus
• hard-to-see squirrelfish
• Nassau Grouper, Epinephelus striatus
• Nassau Grouper, Epinephelus striatus
• Nassau Grouper, Epinephelus striatus
• Nassau Grouper, Epinephelus striatus
• Nassau Grouper, Epinephelus striatus
• Tiger Grouper, Mycteroperca tigris
• Tiger Grouper, Mycteroperca tigris
• Tiger grouper, Mycteroperca tigris
• Yellowfin Grouper, Mycteroperca venenosa
• school of Bar Jacks, Caranx ruber
• Bar Jacks, Caranx ruber
• Bar Jacks, Caranx ruber
• Bar Jacks, Caranx ruber
• Bar Jack, Caranx ruber
• Bar Jack, Caranx ruber
• Bar Jack, Caranx ruber
• Bar Jack, Caranx ruber
• Bar Jack, Caranx ruber
• Schoolmaster snapper, Lutjanus apodus
• Schoolmaster snapper, Lutjanus apodus
• Schoolmaster snapper, Lutjanus apodus
• Schoolmaster snapper, Lutjanus apodus
• Schoolmaster snapper, Lutjanus apodus
• bunch of little grunts? and a sea fan
• school of grunt, perhaps Sailors Choice, Haemulon carbonarium
• Porkfish, Anisotremus virginicus, and soft corals
• Yellow Goatfish?, Mulloidichthys martinicus
• Yellow Goatfish, Mulloidichthys martinicus
• Yellow Goatfish, Mulloidichthys martinicus
• Yellow Goatfish, Mulloidichthys martinicus
• Yellow Goatfish, Mulloidichthys martinicus
• Yellow Goatfish, Mulloidichthys martinicus
• Yellow Goatfish?, Mulloidichthys martinicus
• Flying Gurnard, Dactylopterus volitans, looks like a giant grasshopper sitting on the bottom, fairly deep water
• two Bermuda Chubs?, Kyphosus sectatrix
• Bermuda Chub, Kyphosus sectatrix
• two Bermuda Chub, Kyphosus sectatrix
• Bermuda Chubs, Kyphosus sectatrix
• pair of Bermuda Chub, Kyphosus sectatrix
• Peacock Flounder, Bothus lunatus, well camouflaged, you can see the two eyes sticking up
• Foureye Butterflyfish, Chaetodon capistratus
• Foureye Butterflyfish, Chaetodon capistratus and coral knob
• Banded Butterflyfish, Chaetodon striatus, Grahams Harbour
• Queen Angelfish, Holacanthus ciliaris, and Blue Tang, Acanthurus coeruleus (lower fish)
• Queen Angelfish, Holacanthus ciliaris (middle fish), and two Doctorfish, Acanthurus chirurgus
• Queen Angelfish, Holacanthus ciliaris
• Rock Beauty, Holacanthus tricolor, intermediate stage
• Rock Beauty, Holacanthus tricolor, intermediate stage
• Rock Beauty, Holacanthus tricolor, adult stage
• Rock Beauty, Holacanthus tricolor
• French Anglefish, Pomacanthus paru, intermediate stage
• French Angelfish, Pomacanthus paru, juvenile
• French Angelfish, Pomacanthus paru, juvenile
• Sergeant major, Abudefduf saxatilis
• Sergeant major, Abudefduf saxatilis and soft corals
• Sergeant major, Abudefduf saxatilis
• Sergeant major, Abudefduf saxatilis, Pigeon Creek tidal channel
• Blueheaded Wrasse, Thalassoma bifasciatum, against rock
• Blueheaded Wrasse, Thalassoma bifasciatum, adult stage and sea fan
• Blueheaded Wrasse, Thalassoma bifasciatum, adult stage
• Blueheaded Wrasse, Thalassoma bifasciatum, adult stage
• Blueheaded Wrasse, Thalassoma bifasciatum
• immature wrasses?
• Spanish Hogfish, Bodianus rufus, nearly adult
• Spanish hogfish?, Bodianus rufus, juvenile (under algae)
• Stoplight parrotfish, Sparisoma viride, and sea fans
• Stoplight parrotfish, Sparisoma viride, red phase
• Blue Parrotfish, Scarus sp.
• Blue Parrotfish, Scarus sp. and sea fan
• Parrotfish and soft coral
• Stoplight parrotfish, Sparisoma viride, red phase (lower fish) and Queen Parrotfish, Scarus vetula, drab phase (upper fish)
• Queen Parrotfish, Scarus vetula, drab phase
• Rainbow Parrotfish?, Scarus guacamaia, drab phase
• two Black Durgons, Melichthys niger
• two Black Durgons, Melichthys niger
• Ocean Triggerfish?, Canthidermis sufflamen
• Queen Triggerfish, Balistes vetula
• Queen Triggerfish, Balistes vetula
• Queen Triggerfish, Balistes vetula
• Queen Triggerfish, Balistes vetula
• Queen Triggerfish, Balistes vetula
• Queen Triggerfish, Balistes vetula
• Queen Triggerfish, Balistes vetula
• Queen Triggerfish, Balistes vetula
• Queen Triggerfish, Balistes vetula
• Queen Triggerfish, Balistes vetula
• Queen Triggerfish, Balistes vetula
• Queen Triggerfish, Balistes vetula
• Ocean Triggerfish?, Canthidermis sufflamen, could be bad view of Queen Triggerfish
• Queen Triggerfish, Balistes vetula
• Queen Triggerfish, Balistes vetula, in Thalassia grass flat
• Queen Triggerfish, Balistes vetula
• Queen Triggerfish, Balistes vetula and soft coral
• Queen Triggerfish, Balistes vetula
• Queen Triggerfish, Balistes vetula
• Blue Tang, Acanthus coeruleus, adult stage
• Blue Tang, Acanthus coeruleus, and some other fish I can't make out
• Blue Tang, Acanthus coeruleus, between coral heads
• Blue Tangs, Acanthus coeruleus, adult phase
• Blue Tang, Acanthus coeruleus, intermediate stage, and lots of algae
• Doctorfish, Acanthurus chirurgus, a kind of surgeonfish
• Doctorfish, Acanthurus chirurgus
• Doctorfish, Acanthurus chirurgus
• Doctorfish, Acanthurus chirurgus
• Doctorfish, Acanthurus chirurgus
• Doctorfish, Acanthurus chirurgus
• Ocean Surgeon, Acanthurus bahianus, or could be a Doctorfish, A. chirurgus
• pair of Smooth Trunkfish, Lactophrys triqueter
• pair of Smooth Trunkfish, Lactophrys triqueter, one is at bottom left
• Smooth Trunkfish, Lactophrys triqueter
• Smooth Trunkfish, Lactophrys triqueter
• Smooth Trunkfish, Lactophrys triqueter with an L. trigonus pattern
• Smooth Trunkfish, Lactophrys triqueter
• large fish, can't tell which, maybe a grouper
• small hole with tiny fish
• unidentified fish
• small fish, coral and algae
• two conchs with fish living in them
• small yellow fish
• tiny blue fish and some kind of coral
• coral and fish
• fish, can't see enough to identify it
• variety of fish, Blue Tang and others
• deeper water, some kind of triggerfish or surgeonfish?
• unknown fish, maybe a grouper, can't tell
• some kind of fish
• unidentified fish, one may be a parrotfish