Three weeks in the Caribbean. First Bonaire (where we travelled to directly after our certification 2003) to check if it is as good as in our memories (well), and then Curacao to get som change (but it truly was very similar to Bonaire). Good, but in the end we longed for the greater biodiversity in Asia.
March 2010.
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Caribbean reef squid (
Sepioteuthis sepioidea )
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Caribbean reef squid (
Sepioteuthis sepioidea )
3
large Cubera snapper (
Lutjanus cyanopterus)
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French angelfish (
Pomacanthus paru)
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Whitespotted filefish (
Cantherhines macrocerus)
6
Lettuce sea slug (
Elysia crispata)
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coral
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Blackbar soldierfish (
Myripristis jacobus)
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Peacock flounder (
Bothus lunatus)
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Snook (
Centropomus undecimalis)
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Greater soapfish (
Rypticus saponaceus)
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Balloonfish (
Diodon holocanthus)
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Red lizardfish (
Synodus synodus)
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Flamingo tongue (
Cyphoma gibbosum)
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Gray variation of the Redlip Blenny (
Ophioblen...
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A Secretary blenny (
Acanthemblemaria maria) pe...
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Secretary blenny (
Acanthemblemaria maria)
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Creole-fish (
Paranthias furcifer) with Isopod
...
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Trumpetfish (
Aulstomus maculatus)
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Black margate (
Anisotremus surinamensis)
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Steina among gorgonians
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Juvenile Sponge brittle star (
Ophiothrix suens...
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Red night shrimp (
Cinetorhynchus manningi)
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A Sponge Zoanthid (
Parazoanthus sp)
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Spotfin butterflyfish (
Chaetodon ocellatus)
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Queen parrotfish (
Scarus vetula), male
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Doctorfish (
Acanthurus chirurgus)
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blenny in a tube sponge
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Yellowtail hamlet (
Hypoplectrus chlorurus)
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Slender filefish (
Monacanthus tuckeri)
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Barred hamlet (
Hypoplectrus puella)
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Peacock flounder (
Bothus lunatus)
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Schoolmaster (
Lutjanus apodus)
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Masked goby (
Coryphopterus personatus)
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Stoplight parrotfish (
Sparisoma viride), male
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Night sergeant (
Abudefduf taurus) guarding eggs
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Caribbean two-spot octopus (
Octopus filosus)
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Horse-eye trevally (
Caranx latus)
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Yellow-edge chromis (
Chromis multilineata)
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Queen angelfish (
Holacanthus ciliaris)
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Spanish hogfish (
Bodianus rufus) with female s...
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Butter hamlet (
Hypoplectrus unicolor)
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Common octopus (
Octopus vulgaris)
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Yellow goatfish (
Mulloidichthys martinicus)
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Spotted eagle ray (
Aetobatus narinari)
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Spotted eagle ray (
Aetobatus narinari)
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Yellowprow goby (
Gobiosoma xanthprora)
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The Wreck of Hilma Hooker
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Tarpon (
Megalops atlanticus)
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The Wreck of Hilma Hooker
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Peppermint shrimp (
Lysmata wurdemanni)
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Peppermint shrimp (
Lysmata wurdemanni)
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Mahogony snapper (
Lutjanus mahogony)
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coral polyps
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Teardrop crab (
Pelia sp)
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Giant basket star (
Astrophyton muricatum)
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Blue tang (
Acanthurus coeruleus) being cleaned...
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Caribbean reef squid (
Sepioteuthis sepioidea)
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French angelfish (
Pomacanthus paru) with trace...
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Star encrusting sponge (
Halisarca sp)
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Threespot damselfish (
Stegastes planifrons)
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coral polyps
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A cleaner shrimp (
Periclimenes sp)
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Spotted cleaner shrimp (
Periclimenes yucatanic...
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A triplefin blenny (
Tripterygiinae) on an Azur...
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juvenil Green Razorfish (
Xyrichtys splendens)
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Goldentail moray (
Gymnothorax miliaris)
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Lined seahorse (
Hippocampus erectus)
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Shy hamlet (
Hypoplectrus guttavarius)
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Corals
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Lionfish (
Pterois sp). A foreign species to th...
72
Banded butterflyfish (
Chaetodon striatus)
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Christmas tree worm (
Spirobranchus giganteus)....
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Social feather duster (
Bispira brunnea)
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Goldentail moray (
Gymnothorax miliaris)
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Yellowhead jawfish (
Opistognathus aurifrons)
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Redband parrotfish (
Sparisoma aurofrenatum), m...
78
Yellowline arrow crab (
Stenorhynchus seticorni...
79
Bluespotted cornetfish (
Fistularia tabacaria)
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Banded boxer shrimp (
Stenopus hispidus)
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Caribbean reef octopus (
Octopus briareus)
82
Spotted spiny lobster (
Panulirus guttatus)
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probably a juvenile Rough fileclam (
Ctenoides ...
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Secretary blenny (
Acanthemblemaria maria)
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coral
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Bluehead wrasse (
Thalassoma bifasciatum), juv.
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Harlequin bass (
Serranus tigrinus)
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Spanish slipper lobster (
Scyllarides aequinoct...
89
Christmas tree worm (
Spirobranchus giganteus)
90
Honeycomb cowfish (
Acanthostracion polygonius)
91
Batwing coral crab (
Carpilius corallinus)
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Spotted moray (
Gymnothorax moringa)
93
Horse-eye jack (
Caranx latus)
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Sharptail eel (
Myrichthys breviceps)
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Palometa (
Trachinotus goodei)
