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Commonly found bashfully lurking within small cracks, crevices, and overhangs along the reef, Sharpnose Puffers can be quite curious little fish often allowing close approach. Their lovely facial markings sparkle in the sunshine.
A young Blue Tang looks a bit worse for wear as he hurries along the reef. These lovely little guys will eventually grow into their names and become a nice deep blue in color.
Punta Allen, Sian Kaʼan Biosphere Reserve, Quintana Roo, Mexico.
And someone leaned forward just at the wrong moment!
Practically every head of brain coral I observed on our trip was inhabited by slender little fish known as Broadstriped Gobies. These little guys are a type of cleaning goby and were most often seen perched on top of or peaking out from the coral heads, waiting for a their next customer.
Punta Allen, Sian Kaʼan Biosphere Reserve, Quintana Roo, Mexico.
Shouldn't have done that! Terrence gave the driver a right good telling off for that!!
Cenote ubicado al lado de Punta Allen (Mexico). La panorámica no me ha quedado muy bien pero.... queda pendiente de modificar
Vigia Chico fishermen delivering the days catch in Punta Allen, Quintana Roo, Mexico. Spiny lobster is one of the most valuable species in the Mexican Caribbean and the Vigia Chico Fishing Cooperative is globally renowned as a model for sustainable fishing due their fishery management practices. This image was taken while working as a field research coordinator as part of Abigail Bennett’s (2015) doctoral dissertation fieldwork that aims to understand the processes and effects of transnational market-based certification and governance in small-scale fisheries throughout the Yucatan Peninsula. - photo by Patricia Elena Villegas, Alumnus