Southern-Belize-Dec2008

Volunteering trip with ReefCI in the Sapodilla Cayes

Lime Caye Wall

Big grouper

Hawksbill turtle

Eretmochelys imbricata. Just beautiful.

Hawksbill turtle

Eretmochelys imbricata

Hawksbill turtle

Eretmochelys imbricata

Hawksbill turtle

Eretmochelys imbricata

Hawksbill turtle

Eretmochelys imbricata

Smooth trunkfish

Lactophrys triqueter

Rock beauty

Holacanthus tricolor

Flamingo tongue

Cyphoma gibbosum

Flamingo tongue

Cyphoma gibbosum

French alngelfish

Pomacanthus paru

Christmas tree worms!

Spirobranchus giganteus

Lurking lobbie

It's like the Norfolk chalk reef, only more ...

Indigo hamlet

Hypoplectrus indigo. These were *so* difficult to photograph!

Weird thing

Some sort of pelagic medusal thing (about 10cm long)

Very large grouper

Goliath grouper (Epinephelus itajara). We were *very* excited to see this, it quite distracted us from the commercial fish survey. What a way to mark your 150th dive.

Nurse shark

Ginglymostoma cirratum. First shark of the trip.

150th dive

And what better way to celebrate than a Belikin...

Bluebell tunicates

Clavelina moluccensis. The most gorgeous colour...