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Wordless Wednesday: Diving St Lucia

December 8, 2015 By Tam Warner 6 Comments

I am presently in St Lucia with REEF, doing fish surveys on the coral reefs, which are not well documented. The last time St Lucia was surveyed was 2009. There are eighteen of us, so we’re doing our best to see what is living here. For those of you who think I am a total fish geek, think again! The REEF folks have amazing skill at identifying fish! I love learning, so I will be more of a fish geek than ever! Enjoy the photos!

Our dive boat, Miss Bertha!

15 id soft coral — Soft corals

15 JA banded shrimp make sure and id — Banded shrimpie

15 ja brown chromis — Brown Chromis are EVERYWHERE, on every dive!

15 ja feather duster worm — Beautiful, and large, feather duster

15 ja longjaw id — A new fish for me…a Longjaw Squirrelfish

15 ja s file — A beautiful Scrawled Filefish

15 ja soldier — A Blackbar Soldierfish!

15 ja sponges — Beautiful sponges in St Lucia

15 ja scrawled file closeup — Pretty scrawled file

15 ja trumpet — There are so many trumpetfish!

15 tr golden and coney hunting — The hunt is on for this team: Goldentail eel and a Coney.

15 tr golden eel — Hellllooooo

15 tr trumpet in grass — They blend so well

Sadly, there are huge lionfish on every site. They are invasive in the Caribbean.

Gorgeous, feathery Crinoids