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Underwater species

Some of what lies beneath the waves in the shallows surrounding San Cristobal Island.

Whitetip reef shark (Triaenodon obesus)

Chocolate Chip Sea Star (Nidorellia armata)

Panamic Cushion Sea Star (Pentaceraster cumingi)

Guineafowl Puffer (Arothron meleagris)

Green sea urchins (Lytechinus semituberculatus)

Galapagos Green Turtle (black morph) (Chelonia agassizii)

Panamic Sergeant Majors (Abudefduf troschelii)

Panamic Sergeant Majors (breeding males) (Abudefduf troschelii)

Yellowtail Surgeonfish (Prionurus laticlavius)

Spinster Wrasse (Halichoeres nicholsi)

Juvenile Spinster Wrasse (Halichoeres nicholsi)

Black Striped Salema (Xenocys jessiae)

Flag Cabrilla (Epinephelus labriformis)

Heiroglyphic Hawkfish (Cirrhitus rivulatus)

Ringtail damselfish (Stegastes beebei)

Yellowtail Damselfish (Microspathodon chrysurus)

Juvenile Yellowtail Damselfish (Microspathodon chrysurus)

Diamond stingray (Dasyatis dipterura)

Bradley Sea Star (Mithrodia Bradlyi)

Concentric puffer fish (Sphoeroides annulatus)

Pencil sea urchins (Eucidaris thouarsii)

Galapagos Green Turtle (yellow morph) (Chelonia agassizii)

Ember Parrotfish (Scarus rubroviolaceus)

Blue Chin Parrotfish (Scarus ghobban)

Spinster Wrasse (Halichoeres nicholsi)

Mexican Hogfish (Bodianus diplotaenia)

Pelican Barracuda (Sphyraena idiastes)

Pacific Creolefish (Paranthias colonus)

Mackerel Tuna (Euthynnus affinis)

Juvenile Ringtail Damselfish (Stegastes beebei)

Chinese Trumpetfish (Aulostomus chinensis)

Bravo Clinid (Labrisomus dendriticus)

Cortez Rainbow Wrasses (Thalassoma lucasanum) with Damselfish

Spotted Eagle Ray (Aetobatus narinari)

Blue Sea Star (Phataria unifascialis)

Bullseye Puffer (Sphoeroides annulatus)

Crown sea urchin (Centrostephanus coronatus)

Hawksbill Sea Turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata)

Blue-Chin Parrotfish (Scarus ghobban)

Blue-Chin Parrotfish (Scarus ghobban)

Harlequin or Galapagos Hogfish (Bodianus eclancheri)

Yellowtail Mullet (Mugil rammelsbergi)

Steel Pompano (Trachinotus stilbe)

Blackspot porgy (Archosargus pourtalesii)

Moorish Idol (Zanclus cornutus)

King Angelfish (Holacanthus passer)

Panamic Fanged Blenny (Ophioblennius steindachner)

Cardinal fish (Apogon atricaudus)

Coral Hawkfish (Cirrhitichthys oxycephalus)

About Scott Clark

I'm a former journalist and graduate student working toward a Ph.D. in Ecology.