Blennies are a broad group of marine fish that occur on tropical and temperate oceans all over the world, and recently we’ve discovered one more. Starksia splendens is part of a group of closely related small labrisomid blennies from the Caribbean which…
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Exploring Coral Reefs In Grand Cayman
Cayman Islands Reefs South of Cuba, where the Caribbean and North American tectonic plates meet, lies Grand Cayman a divers paradise surrounded by deep walls, crystal clear water, and miles of coral reef. Grand Cayman is the largest of the three…
Caribbean Coral Diaries – Porites astreoides
The Coral Diaries series is a list of corals we have seen while diving around the world. We’ve created this series so that you can learn more about corals, and how to identify them on the reef. We encourage you…
Caribbean Coral Diaries – Meandrina meandrites
The Coral Diaries series is a list of corals we have seen while diving around the world. We’ve created this series so that you can learn more about corals, and how to identify them on the reef. We encourage you…
Scuba Diving With Stingrays In The Cayman Islands
Scuba Diving With Stingrays Scuba diving with stingrays wasn’t even on my radar, until last week when I had the opportunity to visit Stingray City. Diving with these elegant elasmobranchs will certainly go down as one of my most memorable underwater experiences. Stingray…
Caribbean Coral Diaries – Eusmilia fastigiata
The Coral Diaries series is a list of corals we have seen while diving around the world. We’ve created this series so that you can learn more about corals, and how to identify them on the reef. We encourage you…
Three new species of dwarf gobies from the Cayman Islands
A new paper recently published in the Journal of Ocean Science Foundation is a doozy of an article with an incredible wealth of information on the dwarf gobies of the Cayman Islands. The primary intent of the paper was to…
Gramma dejongi discovered living in the Cayman Islands
It’s official, Gramma dejongi is no longer a Cuban endemic reef fish and therefore no longer confined to the embargo dropnet of the United States. More importantly, the fact that Gramma dejongi occurs outside of Cuba means it is likely…