Cozumel Underwater 2

Cozumel - Threespot Damselfish
Threespot Damselfish Pomacentrus planifrons

Ferocious, territorial, extremely pugnacious, and fortunately only four inches long. In the background is the tentacle of a Giant Anemone Condylactus gigantea .

Cozumel - French Angelfish
French Angelfish Pomacanthus paru. Now my collection is complete.
Cozumel - Smooth Trunkfish
Smooth Trunkfish Lactophrys triquiter. These are not very trusting - this is the best shot I was able to get all week.
Cozumel - Yellowtail Damselfish
Yellowtail Damselfish Microspathadon chrysurus

Unfortunately, the shot is clouded by condensation on the camera lens. The blue spots are incredibly intense, like LEDs. Lettuce Coral at upper-left, Common Brain Coral Diploria strigosa at lower-left.

Cozumel - Giant Anemone
Another Giant Anemone close-up. This and the next picture seem to suffer from some sort of bad camera or strobe setting.
Cozumel - Flamingo Tongue
Flamingo Tongue Cyphoma gibbosum. A snail that feeds on Sea Fans Gorgonia and Sea Rods Plexaurella ( as it's doing in this picture. ) Pity the colors didn't come out.
Cozumel - gunboat wreck
Looking over the bow of the gunboat wreck.
Cozumel - gunboat wreck
Looking back over the stern of the wreck, with a school of Bar Jacks Caranx ruber.
Cozumel - gunboat wreck
The propellers and rudders ( one lying in the sand ).
Cozumel - gunboat wreck
A big diesel inside the engine room.
Cozumel - gunboat wreck
Blue
Cozumel - gunboat wreck
More blue
Cozumel - Red Finger Sponge
Wow, that red really hits you after all that blue. Alright, I admit I diddled with the colors a bit. Red Finger Sponge?
Cozumel - Blue Chromis
Blue Chromis Chromis cyaneus. The little guys are often the hardest to get - by the time you line up the shot, they're gone!
Cozumel - lobsters
A cave full of "lobsters". These aren't real lobsters though - lobsters have claws! These are some kind of insect I think. Yellow Boring Sponge Siphonodictyon corraliphagum above.
Cozumel - Chromis
Close up - more Chromis.
Cozumel - Rock Beauty
Another close-up. The yellow tail in the center of the picture belongs to a Rock Beauty Holacanthus tricolor - a small and very evasive type of angelfish.
Cozumel - Ocean Surgeon Fish
Ocean Surgeon Fish Acanthurus bahianus
Cozumel - Deepwater Lace Coral
Deepwater Lace Coral or Sea Fan Iciligorgia schrammi


Blue Crown reef
The original name "Nina" is visible below the painted name
Type:
artificial reef, freighter, Panama
Specs:
( 205 x 40 ft )
Sponsor:
Coors Brewing Company, US Army, Artificial Reef Association, Sportfish Fund, US Customs Service
Sunk:
Friday June 10, 1994 - Atlantic City Artificial Reef
GPS:
39°14.138' -74°12.357'
Depth:
100 ft

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