Cozumel Underwater 1 One of the cannons at Plaza Las Glorias. Tiny Banded Coral Shrimps Stenopus Hispidus inside the cannon. Fire or Red Boring Sponge below. John & student diver Conducting an Open-Water class 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. A Whitespotted Filefish Cantherhines macrocerus, with no white spots. Gray Cornucopia Sponge Niphates digitalis at right. Nurse Shark Ginglymostoma cirratum A shy Coney Epinefelus fulvus - a sort of small sea bass. Another Coney, and another peering out from behind the rock. Bluestripe Lizardfish Synodus saurus. A similar type is found in our own waters. Caribbean Spiny Lobster Panulirus argus. I tried to pick one up in a restaurant holding tank. Not as easy as it looks. Colors get lost in long shots. Columbia Reef A school of fast-swimming Horse-eye Jacks Caranx latus. Yellowtail Snapper Ocyurus chrysurus Gray Angelfish Pomacanthus arcuatus. These guys are placid and relatively easy to photograph. 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. A large Black Grouper Mycteroperca bonaci. It's not very black, but like many fishes, they are very good at changing color. Longspine Squirrelfish Holocentrus rufus A long shot over Yucab Reef (?) 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. The same guy, still cooperating. The Green Algae in the background is some species of Halimeda ( sometimes called "disk algae." )
Warships A number of warships are sunk in New Jersey and New York waters: Warships Ida K Texas Tower Bronx Queen HMS Pentland Firth R.C. Mohawk SC-60 USS Turner USS San Diego USS Tarantula Great Isaac HMS Culloden USS Ohio HMS Hussar USS Jacob Jones USS Akron USS Catamount ZPG-3W Reliance SC-209 USS Cherokee USS Moonstone USS Murphy USS Algol Radford Captain Henry Peggy Diana More: Warships ...