Bahamas

Great Hammerhead

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Great Hammerheads
Bimini, Bahamas – 11/28/2016

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Bull Shark

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Bull Sharks
Bimini, Bahamas – 11/28/2016

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Yellowtail Snapper

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Yellowtail Snapper
Dominica (Swiss Cheese) – 1/18/2017 & Bimini, Bahamas (North Turtle Rocks) – 11/27/2016

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Long-Spined Urchin

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Long-Spined Urchin
Dominica (Witch’s Point) – 1/15/2017 & Bimini, Bahamas (North Turtle Rocks) – 11/27/2016IMG_9960

Long-Spined Urchin – Young urchin
West Palm Beach, Florida (Blue Heron Bridge) – 6/30/2017

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Harlequin Bass

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Harlequin Bass
Bimini, Bahamas (North Turtle Rocks) – 11/27/2016
Alex likes to call this fish the “Bucktooth Parrotfish.”

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Reticulated Hermit Crab

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Reticulated Hermit Crab
Bimini, Bahamas (Rainbow Reef) – 11/26/2016

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Split-Crown Feather Duster

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Giant Basket Star
Bimini, Bahamas (Rainbow Reef) – 11/26/2016

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Atlantic Wing-Oyster on Bipinnate Sea Plume

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Atlantic Wing-Oyster on Bipinnate Sea Plume
Bimini, Bahamas (Road to Atlantis) – 11/26/2016

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Giant Basket Star

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Giant Basket Star
Dominica (Dangleben’s Pinnacles) – 1/17/2017 & Bimini, Bahamas (Road to Atlantis) – 11/26/2016

During the day they are tightly bound, but at night they spread out to capture plankton.

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Bigeye

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Bigeye
Bimini, Bahamas (Road to Atlantis) – 11/26/2016

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Glasseye Snapper

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Glasseye Snapper
Bimini, Bahamas (Road to Atlantis) – 11/26/2016

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Tomtate

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Tomtate
Bimini, Bahamas (The Strip) – 11/25/2016

 

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Cymothoid Isopod

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Cymothoid Isopod
Bimini, Bahamas (The Strip) – 11/25/2016

Notice there are Isopods attached near the eye of this Spotfin Butterflyfish – it is a parasite that has latched on to the fish to survive.

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Mahogany Snapper

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Mahogany Snapper
Bimini, Bahamas (The Strip) – 11/25/2016

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Greater Amberjack

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Greater Amberjack
Bimini, Bahamas (Kinks) – 11/25/2016

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