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Cozumel Underwater 1

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Cozumel - Plaza Las Glorias Cannon — One of the cannons at Plaza Las Glorias.

Cozumel - Banded Coral Shrimps — Tiny Banded Coral Shrimps *Stenopus Hispidus* inside the cannon. Fire or Red Boring Sponge below.

Cozumel - Plaza Las Glorias — John & student diver

Cozumel - Open Water Class — Conducting an Open-Water class

Cozumel - Spotted Butterflyfish — Spotted Butterflyfish *Chaetodon ocellatus*. Not a great shot - only included here because these guys are pretty common in NJ in late summer/fall. But not this big.

Cozumel - Whitespotted Filefish — A Whitespotted Filefish *Cantherhines macrocerus*, with no white spots. Gray Cornucopia Sponge *Niphates digitalis* at right.

Cozumel - Nurse Shark — Nurse Shark *Ginglymostoma cirratum*

Cozumel - Coney — A shy Coney *Epinefelus fulvus* - a sort of small sea bass.

Cozumel - Bluestripe Lizardfish — Bluestripe Lizardfish *Synodus saurus*. A similar type is found in our own waters.

Cozumel - Spiny Lobster — Caribbean Spiny Lobster *Panulirus argus*. I tried to pick one up in a restaurant holding tank. Not as easy as it looks.

Cozumel - Columbia Reef — Colors get lost in long shots. Columbia Reef

Cozumel - Horse-eye Jacks — A school of fast-swimming Horse-eye Jacks *Caranx latus*.

Cozumel - Yellowtail Snapper — Yellowtail Snapper *Ocyurus chrysurus*

Cozumel - Gray Angelfish — Gray Angelfish *Pomacanthus arcuatus*. These guys are placid and relatively easy to photograph.

Cozumel - Black Sea Urchin — Yet another Coney, hovering above a dreaded Black Sea Urchin *Diadema anellarum*. ( Touch one, and you'll see why. ) Also, Lettuce Coral *Agaricia* above the urchin.

Cozumel - Black Grouper — A large Black Grouper *Mycteroperca bonaci*. It's not very black, but like many fishes, they are very good at changing color.

Cozumel - Longspine Squirrelfish — Longspine Squirrelfish *Holocentrus rufus*

Cozumel - Yucab Reef — A long shot over Yucab Reef (?)

Cozumel - Queen Angelfish — Queen Angelfish *Holacanthus ciliaris*

These are the most skittish of the three common types of Angelfish, and the hardest to get on film. Red Finger Sponge Haliclona Rubens and green Boulder Coral Montastrea annularis in the background.

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